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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust bowls
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The storms will be widespread — affecting the coastal regions, deserts and mountains — pushing first from Mexico into San Diego County before hitting Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties, said National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Villafane.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025 -
In the decades since, satellites have surveyed the world’s forests, oceans, deserts and ice.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Krasheninnikov is located in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve, which said in a statement that there is no threat to any people or infrastructure as the volcano is largely surrounded by wastelands.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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At odds with California’s climate goal of achieving zero-net carbon pollution, logging and milling wastes promptly release half a tree’s carbon into the atmosphere.—
John P. O’Brien,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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What never stops, though, is the eternal leak of CO2 from the necks of volcanoes poking above the frozen wastes.—
Peter Brannen
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Given the surrounding terrain, largely comprising volcanic barrens and lava fields, the risk of wildfire remains low, and no life-threatening impacts have been identified.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Meanwhile, the shimmering stars effect was formed using fine, pointed brushes.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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There are specific brushes suited for specific dogs, as each breed has different fur types.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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