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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 Saudis need oil revenue to carry out Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's ambitious plans to diversify his country's economy, including the development of Neom, a $500 billion futuristic city in the desert.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Filmed somewhere in a desert landscape, the video finds Musgraves communing with nature and all its earthly creations.Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 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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Eastern Market, which also is on the National Historic Register, has long been a place where farmers and entrepreneurs sell their goods in an open air market and hundreds of Lions fans, most wearing their best Honolulu blue outfits, park and tailgate.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 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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This began as a show about a stoic man slowly learning to let love into his life, reconsidering his personal definition of home in an apocalyptic wasteland.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
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Now, the citadel wall looks out over a wasteland of rubble.Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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In their walk through the wilderness, Democrats will need to consider how to build a broader coalition that can defeat the cynical populism of Trump and his successors.Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
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Collectively our testers have more than 11 decades of experience in the wilderness.Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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Polo players often select their colors based on team affiliations or personal relevance (my red and white belt is an homage to my alma mater, McGill University), and color combinations can range from mild to wild.Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
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And giving someone with no real scientific background the power to decide how the largest and most important U.S. governmental health and science institutions will be organized, led and run would be quite, well, wild.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowl. Accessed 10 Dec. 2024.
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