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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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The biggest find on Tracks II is Inyo, a portrait of the California badlands, set in border towns, desert roads, and aqueducts, with the heavy influence of mariachi bands.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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Photo: Leo Fox A relative hotel desert until recent years, a crop of new addresses are cementing Valencia’s resurgence as a travel destination.—
Elizabeth Bennett,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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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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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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Crews can be seen using a wooden stick with rope to pull the deer out from next to the ship to an open air where it could be lifted to safety.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2025
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The safaris typically include a drive through the desert in an off-road vehicle or open air jeep.—
DeAnna Taylor,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2025
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So much was erased in so little time, leaving the lasting impression, whether from afar or close-up, of a wasteland — a place almost wiped off the map.—
Greg Goldin,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Our Western inheritance, then: the concept of the deep underground as wasteland, dump, terminus of the unredeemable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Xi was dispatched into the political wilderness for 16 years.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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The Buffalo is renowned for its multi-day, wilderness canoe opportunities.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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Landscapes for outdoor lovers Cultivated by farms, the Driftless nonetheless harbors wilds ripe for adventure.—
Elaine Glusac,
AFAR Media,
26 June 2025
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In the Mongolian wilds, a hunter’s heir, With his father, a bond so rare.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowl. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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