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Recent Examples of dust bowl
Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind.
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Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
The research is also concerning for Californians, who have seen their state ravaged by record-setting wildfires and drought that turned thousands of acres of farmland into dust bowls.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
He was born in the dust bowl town of Dodge City, Kan., one year into the Great Depression in 1930.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
There's these dust bowls, there's a hurricane that basically wipes out the entire East Coast.
—Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 19 July 2023
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Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
The research is also concerning for Californians, who have seen their state ravaged by record-setting wildfires and drought that turned thousands of acres of farmland into dust bowls.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
He was born in the dust bowl town of Dodge City, Kan., one year into the Great Depression in 1930.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
There's these dust bowls, there's a hurricane that basically wipes out the entire East Coast.
—Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 19 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust bowl
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Make no mistake—on less nauseating days, the hour-long journey on Route 89A between the alpine forest of Flagstaff and the sandstone desert of Sedona is iconic.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Fennec Fox With big ears and cute little faces, the fennec fox lives in the deserts of North Africa.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Today, guerrillas, drug smugglers, poachers, and jaguars rule this vast no-man's-land.David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
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When this happens, their planet goes back and forth between being a searing, endless stretch of desert or frozen no-man's-land.JP Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
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Published on November 4, 2024 By Michael Verdon Photo : Oceanco This salon from designer Luca Dini is largely open air and connected to the beach club just below.Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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The stalls at the Vanves Flea Market are open air and the shopping starts early.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
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As any Martian rover will tell you, the surface of the Red Planet is a cold, barren wasteland.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024
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What remained was a flattened wasteland of scattered cinder blocks, twisted rebar, and slabs of concrete jutting out of debris at awkward angles.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Bowers learned about them from fellow composer Thomas Kotcheff, and thought their approach to making sounds would evoke the wilderness setting of the movie.Fred Topel, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
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Experience Alaska’s wilderness on a seven-day rail trip to the Arctic Circle, complete with dog sledding and mineral baths.Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Here’s where things get a little wild: Next year, OpenAI estimates that its revenue will more than triple to $11.6 billion.Allison Morrow, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Things get a little wild during the Full Moon where clothing is entirely optional.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowl. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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