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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
Noun
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The athletic brand revealed the new design in October 2023 with a video in which Bernie marches across desert terrain in a cowboy outfit while Bad Bunny narrates in Spanish.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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One woven from desert sunsets, timeless design, and the kind of service that makes the extraordinary feel effortless.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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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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A little to the left, however, existed nothing but open air down to the forest floor.—
Kade Krichko,
Outside Online,
17 July 2025
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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 post-apocalyptic wasteland of Prime Video’s Fallout will also be recreated in an all-new haunted house Tickets are now on sale for Halloween Horror Nights at both theme park destinations.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
29 July 2025
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Beatriz’s Quiet costars with Anthony Mackie’s John Doe in the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is the series’ setting.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
28 July 2025
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Kean has spent the past few years in the footballing wilderness, crossing 1,000 league minutes only twice across the six seasons between 2017-18 and 2023-24.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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For better or worse, Grand Canyon Lodge democratized Arizona’s northern wilderness.—
Greg Burton,
AZCentral.com,
27 July 2025
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Also, this is sort of wild: The Barbican opened in 1982, three months before I was born (laughs).—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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After his wild — literally — cameo in Happy Gilmore 2, Travis Kelce could be a major superstar, according to Adam Sandler.—
Lauren Huff Published,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowl. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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