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Does this explain, perhaps, why Hopkins would then traffic back and forth between the grand realms of British classical theatre and the badlands of the movies, over the years, with an ease denied even to Olivier?
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Amidst its many fossils, visitors can also immerse themselves in the rich beauty of contemporary Canada, with plenty of badland vistas and indigenous fauna to spot along each trail.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deserts and badlands, mountains and tropical islands and Northeast Atlantic beaches.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Amidst its many fossils, visitors can also immerse themselves in the rich beauty of contemporary Canada, with plenty of badland vistas and indigenous fauna to spot along each trail.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deserts and badlands, mountains and tropical islands and Northeast Atlantic beaches.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for badland
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The Dera was founded in 1948 by the mystic Mastana Balochistani in the Haryana city of Sirsa, near the northern state’s borders with Punjab, India’s breadbasket, and the desert state of Rajasthan.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nancy Guthrie spent Saturday night eating dinner and playing games with family members before one of them dropped her off at her home in a well-to-do Tucson neighborhood that sits on hilly, desert terrain, the sheriff said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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If the Brotherhood can successfully build a Liberty Prime robot, the war in the wasteland is going to get ugly—and extremely violent—fast.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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By last year, the former wasteland had been transformed into a dense, productive Duzhong forest.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Badland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badland. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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