a large area of scrubland
the scrublands of the American West
Recent Examples on the WebThe waters eventually receded, but somehow the pupfish found a refuge in the vast expanse of scrubland and sand.—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 9 May 2024 In 1980 the city of Grand Rapids, Mich., hired him to create an artwork for a new flood wall along a 600-foot stretch of dirt and scrubland.—Clay Risen, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Such projects can and often are placed on old landfill properties, but these are still more expensive than farmland or scrubland.—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024 Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.—Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scrubland
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