deserted
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“Office workers from outside the area and business travelers are no longer coming,” he said, speaking near a largely deserted avenue watched by a lone gun-toting guard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
When I visited Havana again this spring to report on the mounting crisis, the malecón was deserted, strewn with brown seaweed that had been flung from the ocean by crashing waves.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Out of nowhere, McIlroy took control of a swing that had deserted him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Ali spoke of another friend who narrowly escaped death, and another who had deserted.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Commander Gorringe told me that some of the men he had hired in Egypt had already deserted.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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