oasis

Midlife’s dating desert made ‘‘nice enough” feel like an oasis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The backyard is a true oasis, with a lagoon-style pool and perfectly manicured landscaping.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

The global surge in interest rates has exposed the country, once an oasis of relative stability, as one of Europe’s weakest links.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s China’s duty-free retail mecca and a tropical oasis, to boot.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

“I’ll be here at the unnamed oasis, if anyone needs me.”

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

But the war is hitting their core business proposition—being oases of stability within a volatile region—and delivering a blow to efforts to diversify their economies beyond energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

I might walk between coffee stations, like a man journeying between oases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025

Such bubbles of longing buoy most love stories, although they're employed as sparing oases between expositional expanses.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024

Umbrellas to shield against blazing sunlight are popular, air-conditioned malls are serving as urban oases, and schools in Cambodia have been cutting back their hours.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

There were oases throughout the desert, but the tribesmen fought in the desert, leaving the oases as places of refuge.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho