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Noun
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The mountains and deserts could experience temperatures as much as 20 to 25 degrees below average.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026 -
The system will also produce winds gusting 35 mph to 45 mph Tuesday through Thursday in the mountain areas and deserts, notably along heavily travelled Interstate 8, east of Alpine.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Now, the anti-wealth Marxist agenda taking over the Democratic Party is worsening the divide, turning blue-state economies into wastelands and condemning their least mobile residents to poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Thirty minutes south, on the Tennessee side of the border, Elon Musk has already begun transforming the industrial wastelands of South Memphis.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This damage impairs kidney function, preventing the proper production of urine and the elimination of metabolic wastes.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
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Netflix‘s latest action extravaganza wastes zero time in getting to the good stuff, so this review won’t either.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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The population surge caused widespread urchin barrens across the islands.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Frequent cleaning with abrasive brushes or bleach can also degrade or strip away caulk over time.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 May 2026
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The brand’s launch included complexion and lip products, as well as brushes.—
Rachel Burchfield,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Dust bowls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust%20bowls. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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