deserts
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At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026
Only last week, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, was talking about news deserts and how nearly 300 local newspapers have closed in the last 20 years.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
To better understand what happened on Mars, the team compared observations from the Curiosity rover with similar rock formations found in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates that formed under comparable conditions on Earth.
From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026
But the old king hadn’t said anything about being robbed, or about endless deserts, or about people who know what their dreams are but don’t want to realize them.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Vocabulary lists containing deserts
Twelfth Night
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Chief Joseph's Words to Washington D.C. (1879)
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Antony and Cleopatra
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