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badlands

[bad-landz] / ˈbædˌlændz /
NOUN
barren land
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Today, the Ledi Geraru area is a rugged landscape of faulted badlands.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

It’s also Robby’s final day of work before embarking on a three-month motorcycle road trip set to take him from Pittsburgh to the Canadian badlands.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2026

Here in Medora, a tiny town in the badlands of western North Dakota, Teddy Roosevelt is everywhere.

From New York Times Oct. 27, 2023

I was interviewing a smattering of intrepid, heat-seeking tourists at Zabriskie Point, a scenic vista overlooking the park’s otherworldly badlands.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2023

I roll out of the badlands, past scrub cedar trees and a boarded-up church.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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