: the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake
variant spelling of player sense f
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Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Lots of bathers under umbrellas at the 'playa', the city's sandy beach, to find refreshment on a scorching hot Sunday with a maximum alert level for high temperatures on July 16, 2023 in Catania, Italy.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
Boots – Flip flops are great for the beach but not the playa.
—Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Doused by days of rain, thousands of people stuck on the muddy playa at the Burning Man festival began to trickle out of the remote area in northwest Nevada on Monday.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Many camps were partially or fully dissembled by the time the man burned Monday night, when the playa had dried enough so that all the art cars were able to surround the burn site, as is tradition.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
Organizers temporarily closed Burning Man’s gates a few days before the event’s official start date of Aug. 27 to allow the playa to dry from Hurricane Hilary’s rains.
—Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
Other attendees did the same, wondering how long they might be stuck on the lake bed also known as the playa.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
Then, more than two months’ worth of rain fell in one day and the playa dust turned to impassably sticky mud.
—Sinna Nasseri, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2023
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Get your fill fun at theme camps, but plan several long excursions to visit the hundreds of day and night art installations spread across the open playa.
—Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Lots of bathers under umbrellas at the 'playa', the city's sandy beach, to find refreshment on a scorching hot Sunday with a maximum alert level for high temperatures on July 16, 2023 in Catania, Italy.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
Boots – Flip flops are great for the beach but not the playa.
—Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Doused by days of rain, thousands of people stuck on the muddy playa at the Burning Man festival began to trickle out of the remote area in northwest Nevada on Monday.
—Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023
Many camps were partially or fully dissembled by the time the man burned Monday night, when the playa had dried enough so that all the art cars were able to surround the burn site, as is tradition.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
Organizers temporarily closed Burning Man’s gates a few days before the event’s official start date of Aug. 27 to allow the playa to dry from Hurricane Hilary’s rains.
—Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
Other attendees did the same, wondering how long they might be stuck on the lake bed also known as the playa.
—Greg Norman, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
Then, more than two months’ worth of rain fell in one day and the playa dust turned to impassably sticky mud.
—Sinna Nasseri, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2023
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“Playa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playa. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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