badland
noun
bad·land
ˈbad-ˌland 
: a region marked by intricate erosional sculpturing, scanty vegetation, and fantastically formed hills
—usually used in plural
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Now comes another reason to venture into the industrial badlands of West Oakland: Brix Factory Brewing, an innovative brewery run by veterans of San Leandro’s craft-beer fixture Drake’s Brewing.
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John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The badlands of Anza-Borrego are a tangle of paths less traveled leading to secrets unanswered and always leaving you with a desire to discover more.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
The badlands hug the river around us, creating a corridor of rock with nothing but sky overhead.
—Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
In 2009, Darren Tanke, a technician at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, found the spectacular fossil in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
Howley’s exploration of privacy and digital surveillance eventually lands her in the badlands of conspiracy theorists and QAnon.
—The New York Times Books Staff, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Our aim was something shorter at El Malpais, a fairly empty NPS unit protecting about 180 square miles of volcanic badlands.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2023
The $333 million project rising in a tiny badlands town wants to showcase the 26th president and his visionary environmental record — without ignoring his flaws.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
The badlands of Anza-Borrego are a tangle of paths less traveled leading to secrets unanswered and always leaving you with a desire to discover more.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
The badlands hug the river around us, creating a corridor of rock with nothing but sky overhead.
—Kristina A. Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
Hunt Broken Country The best winter range is often rumpled badlands adjacent to hay and grainfields.
—Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2019
In 2009, Darren Tanke, a technician at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, found the spectacular fossil in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
Howley’s exploration of privacy and digital surveillance eventually lands her in the badlands of conspiracy theorists and QAnon.
—The New York Times Books Staff, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
Our aim was something shorter at El Malpais, a fairly empty NPS unit protecting about 180 square miles of volcanic badlands.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2023
The $333 million project rising in a tiny badlands town wants to showcase the 26th president and his visionary environmental record — without ignoring his flaws.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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badland
noun
bad·land
ˈbad-ˌland
: a region where natural forces have worn away the soft rocks into sharp and complicated shapes and where plant life is scarce
—usually used in plural
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