wasteland
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The helicopter he was on, hired by Rasuwagadhi, was unable to land at the location of the project, which was a muddy wasteland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It wasn’t long ago that cycling had fallen into a data-obsessed wasteland in which teams rode conservatively and winners seldom took risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The play, which had its premiere off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, is a freewheeling love story, set in a skate park in the middle of an urban wasteland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
It will be managed by the WHO which deals with all evacuation requests from a place the UN calls "a wasteland".
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025
As I made my way toward the RTG's burial site, it hit me: Mars is a barren wasteland and I am completely alone here.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
People like Tommy know such wastelands hold opportunity.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
But because much of the city’s waterfront sits atop wetlands or wastelands that are somewhat unstable, an earthquake could damage a building’s foundation, making it “uninhabitable or unusable,” according to the hazard plan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
At each halt a frozen, unbroken silence lay outside the steel walls of our box, the silence of vast wastelands, of the heights.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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