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Recent Examples of dust bowl
This film is about the dust bowl of Oklahoma in the 1930’s.
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Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes,
13 Sep. 2024
As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires.
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John Wogan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 July 2024
Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry.
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New Atlas,
10 July 2024
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
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Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes,
13 Sep. 2024
As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires.
—
John Wogan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 July 2024
Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry.
—
New Atlas,
10 July 2024
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.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust bowl
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Every year, about 90% of Central Oregon’s Deschutes River disappears into networks of canals and pipes traversing high desert.
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Extreme fire conditions were expected in Utah on Friday, with wind gusting up to 50 mph and low humidity across the southwest desert and central and southern mountains, including the area of the Cottonwood fire.
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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.
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Abandoned by King Hassan II for its association with the Rif mountain revolts after Moroccan independence, in 1956, Tangier became a dilapidated drive-through, a no-man's-land for another 50 years.
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The South Rim offers a particularly fantastic view thanks to its unobstructed sightlines across more than a mile of open air, with popular viewing spots including Mather Point, Yavapai Point, and Desert View Watchtower along the rim.
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Powered by sources like light or electricity, the metal- and plastic-free material physically shape-shifts from a fluid into an energy-dense gel to store power, then resets to a liquid simply by exposure to open air.
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This leaves the mid-market trapped in a dangerous wasteland, forced into destructive promotional cycles to protect foot traffic without possessing the scale to survive thin margins.
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In a few short decades every forest in Pennsylvania—and nearly the entirety of eastern North America—would be clear-cut and transformed into a wasteland of stumps.
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Sense of place The river — which swells with spring snowmelt — and surrounding wilderness give the property a strong sense of place.
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Whether your 9-to-5 job involves a rare combination of manual record keeping and precarious wilderness travel, or your idea of outdoor recreation includes journaling your day while remaining at the ready for whatever nature hurls at you, the all-new Pen-metheus equips you for it all.
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Some of this may sound a little wild.
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The thing is, most tourists only drive through the 384 miles of scenic asphalt that bisect the park’s wilds.
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowl. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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