desert

During a ride in a Southern California desert, sales executive Scott Nelson stopped his dirt bike, pulled out a rifle and shot his old iPod.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

As an archaeologist specializing in desert sites, this was a singular experience.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Its chief tourist attraction is the Darvaza gas crater, in the Karakum desert: a smelly, burning hole in the ground also known as the Gate to Hell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mamon persuaded Ivan to drive him into the Georgian desert, where they could speak freely - and asked him how the Ukrainians could trust him.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Plenty of sense, by God, plenty of sense,” said Samir, grabbing the straps of Rostam’s harness and the pack mule’s lead to guide them across the desert pool.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Its vital infrastructure, civilian airports, and Saudi Aramco oil facilities are scattered across vast, sparsely populated deserts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Last year, Northwestern University identified over 212 counties out of some 3,000 in the United States as "news deserts," having no locally-based news sources such as newspapers and public radio.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The morning cycle brings humidity-lowering dry air from the deserts into the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The findings come as ministers have pledged to tackle so-called "dental deserts", but dentists say the current deal is not viable.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Nor could food production spring up spontaneously in deserts remote from sources of water for irrigation, such as central Australia and parts of the western United States.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Streets were largely deserted in the coastal communities after mandatory evacuations ahead of the storm.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

O'Neill's famed ability to problem-solve and inspire has deserted him, for now.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

But this isn’t just a deserted patch of sand.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

“The Dog Stars” takes place in a wrecked, deserted 2035, after a viral plague has killed almost everybody on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Several dark alleys twisted off from the main street, leading to deserted storefronts.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

But a major reason for voters deserting the party in past elections was inflation, an unwelcome phenomenon for households after several decades of stable or falling prices.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

But the rate is half the national level for Californians under 35, and they are precisely the group that is deserting the West Coast for “cost of living” reasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2025

But the Syrian army collapsed with surprising ease, with many troops deserting the battlefield, in the face of the HTS rebels’ onslaught.

From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2024

“And the moms that we help — I can’t imagine deserting any of them.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

“He told me people are deserting the place as quick as they can.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo