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Does this explain, perhaps, why Hopkins would then traffic back and forth between the grand realms of British classical theatre and the badlands of the movies, over the years, with an ease denied even to Olivier?
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Amidst its many fossils, visitors can also immerse themselves in the rich beauty of contemporary Canada, with plenty of badland vistas and indigenous fauna to spot along each trail.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deserts and badlands, mountains and tropical islands and Northeast Atlantic beaches.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
These rocks are well exposed in the parched badlands of Wyoming, crisscrossed for more than a century by dinosaur hunters.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
Amidst its many fossils, visitors can also immerse themselves in the rich beauty of contemporary Canada, with plenty of badland vistas and indigenous fauna to spot along each trail.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Deserts and badlands, mountains and tropical islands and Northeast Atlantic beaches.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for badland
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Most houses in the area were built by Palmer & Krisel, the architecture firm responsible for Palm Springs—from the car, see butterfly roofs; see lime-green desert modern; see hot pink, turquoise.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.—
Jake Spring,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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The series returned earlier this year for Season 2, taking viewers on a journey through the wasteland of the Mojave to the post-apocalyptic city of New Vegas.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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In it, a crescent of Earth’s blue vitality hovers amid the blackness of space, above a high-definition brownish gray wasteland of lunar craters.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Badland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badland. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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