dust bowls

noun

plural of dust bowl
as in deserts

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  1. deserts
  2. wastelands
  3. wastes
  4. barrens
  5. heaths
  6. brushes
Noun
  • Gramby, 41, founded her practice, Crown of Glory Birth Services, in 2018, partly to help meet the needs of women lacking care in maternity deserts.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Maternity care deserts lead to worse outcomes for both mother and baby, Warren says.
    — Alana Semuels, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of deserts
Noun
  • Accordingly, the wastelands left behind capitalism grow only more vast.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Pedro Pascal has carried galaxies and post-apocalyptic wastelands on his back.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
Definition of wastelands
Noun
  • According to the International Maritime Organization, biofouling wastes about 10% of all fuel used by the world's shipping fleets.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2026
  • There are numerous federal regulations from different agencies around discharges of radium to the environment, but many do not directly apply to oil and gas wastes.
    — Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Definition of wastes
Noun
  • In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.
    — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
  • The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of barrens
Noun
  • Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of heaths
Noun
  • Hanin and Guariglia — who was at the time an attorney but has since been disbarred — had several brushes with police during their relationship, records show.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Florida saw some tropical headaches in the years that followed, including brushes with Dennis, Katrina and Wilma in 2005 and the flooding of Tropical Storm Fay in 2008.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of brushes
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