deserted

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Dubai’s sprawling gold market is deserted, in part because buyers from abroad no longer come, and in part because of dramatic fluctuations in gold prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Alberto Rodríguez, 73, limped with a cane down a deserted industrial street.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

But Price's game just deserted him in the end when just one more double would have seen him finish off an otherwise dominant display.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

By the end, "the village was practically deserted", she said, getting emotional as she described her tulip-filled home.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

We pulled—me just pretending because every shred of strength had deserted me—and the boys in the water pushed from below until the net tipped into the boat, full of wriggling fish.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo