desert
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As I drove back home from the desert the following morning, I reflected on why I love music festivals so much and have been attending them since I was 16.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
SIRTE, Libya—The twin-turboprop plane carved a line down through the sky and touched down at a desert airstrip here near Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
By Jan. 26, Bovino had been demoted and sent back to his home station in the California desert.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
As for what’s next in the desert, Verma-Lallian is thinking for the long term.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The merchants there were always squinting at the desert air.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing desert
Physical Geography - Introductory
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The American Civil War
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