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- noun Plural form of
dustbowl .
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Examples
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As our land turns to dustbowls or swamps and arable land becomes scarce, as millions of cars belch fumes into the sky.
Sustainability and A Planet Out of Whack « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Deforestation and overgrazing in marginal lands can lead to dustbowls or desertification.
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: Why are There so Many Natural Disasters Lately? 2010
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Deforestation and overgrazing in marginal lands can lead to dustbowls or desertification.
Saundra Schimmelpfennig: Why are There so Many Natural Disasters Lately? Saundra Schimmelpfennig 2010
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Deforestation and overgrazing in marginal lands can lead to dustbowls or desertification.
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There are no breadlines, no hobos riding rails, no agricultural collapse, no banks closing their doors, no dustbowls, no shanty villages on the outskirts of the town.
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Conservation of the forests had been clearly made necessary in many parts of the world by the appearance of deserts and swamps, floods and dustbowls.
Energy and Society~ Chapter 15~ Ideological Unity and Economic Realism 2009
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Law of unintended consequences = dustbowls arising out of what could be good agricultural land if fed with good nutrients.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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There are no breadlines, no hobos riding rails, no agricultural collapse, no banks closing their doors, no dustbowls, no shanty villages on the outskirts of the town.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Of Recession « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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From the dustbowls of the depression to the million dollar sale by Zenith Carl Guy
Does Madam Jane predict future disaster?: Call me at 1-800-AFTER-THE-FALL 2007
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Hence we have dustbowls, and rivers washing the future into the sea.
Hmm ... Frank Wilson 2007
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