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wasteland

[weyst-land] / ˈweɪstˌlænd /
NOUN
wilderness
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“This is not just a place of hunting and fishing, it’s not a wasteland, it’s not a forgotten place,” she said, while noting that many locals are survivors who have rebuilt after devastating hurricanes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Several councils, including Hounslow, Southwark and Hackney, have already introduced the policy to turn wasteland into allotments, community gardens and orchards.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

It’s a surrealist painting in motion, the equivalent of staring at Salvador Dali’s wasteland of melting clocks until it makes gut-sense.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Roco is “Hell Grind’s” protagonist, who journeys through a dystopian wasteland to save his fellow thief and love interest Lulu.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

She didn’t love him, she couldn’t trust him, but she had to admire him, and the extravagant luxury he’d assembled in this desolate wasteland, and the power of his ambition.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Millions of visitors are going to experience American cities that they’ve been told are unlivable wastelands.

From Salon Feb. 10, 2026

In both public perception and official policy, savannas in India and elsewhere have often been labeled "wastelands."

From Science Daily Feb. 1, 2026

Multiple generations of Americans have been socialized to believe that a mecca of cheap, dirty pleasures awaits in the wastelands of southern Nevada.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

Aaron, meanwhile, plays Maximus, a member of the Brotherhood of Steel - one of the Fallout world's tribal communities that live outside in the wastelands.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2024

Now the captain plays a mournful, chilling dirge on his organ as the Nautilus sleeps in the wastelands of the sea.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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