badland
bad·land [ ˈbad-ˌland]
[ˈbad-ˌland]
: a region marked by intricate erosional sculpturing, scanty vegetation, and fantastically formed hills
—usually used in plural
Recent Examples on the Web
//In some areas, such as the state’s badlands, the chemicals were found in deer where there’s little agriculture, raising the possibility that the chemicals are drifting over large distances.
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Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, "Are pesticides poisoning Minnesota’s deer? Deer hunters will offer up spleens — deer spleens — as part of study.," 5 Nov. 2019
//Winnipeg is in the province of Manitoba (known for its northern polar bear population), not Alberta (known for badlands, glaciers and vast coniferous forests).
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Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "Raiders rookie punter shanks his introduction to the Great White North," 22 Aug. 2019
//In the badlands of North Dakota, a California college student found the 65-million-year-old fossil of a partial Triceratops skull among plant fossils from the Cretaceous period.
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Fox News, "Massive 1,100-pound bone of ‘world’s biggest dinosaur’ found," 27 July 2019
//Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student from the University of California, Merced, found the 65-million-year-old fossil in the badlands of North Dakota.
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Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAY, "California college student Harrison Duran has long been 'obsessed' with dinosaurs. He just found a real one," 25 July 2019
//Harrison Duran, a fifth-year biology student at the University of California, Merced, uncovered the 65 million-year-old skull in the badlands of North Dakota.
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Amanda Jackson, CNN, "College student unearths 65 million-year-old Triceratops skull," 24 July 2019
//The surrounding Anza Borrego State Park is 600,000 acres of wilderness with badlands, canyons, washes and mountain peaks to explore.
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Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Borrego Springs: Low-key oasis with small-town vibe, set in the Anza-Borrego Desert," 27 June 2019
//Photos of its badlands and prairies enchanted me, and the story of Teddy Roosevelt's sojourn there following the deaths of his wife and mother on the same day intrigued me.
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Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, "Badlands and history in Theodore Roosevelt National Park," 5 July 2018
//Set in the remote badlands of the Pontic-Caspian steppe in southern Ukraine, Volcano is a poetically surreal love letter to an untamed corner of the Wild East.
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Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Volcano': Film Review | Karlovy Vary 2018," 13 July 2018
First Known Use of badland
1850, in the meaning defined above
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