But you should all know this from common sense, and you should all be absolutely ashamed to see the center of our local government turning into a desolate, decaying ghetto of government buildings and human waste.

Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/04/danny-de-gracia-housing-for-the-homeless-in-downtown-honolulu-is-the-worst-idea-yet/

Carroll, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, said they took escalators to the store's desolate sixth floor, where they teased each other about trying on a piece of see-through lingerie.

Source: https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2023/05/08/closing-arguments-start-for-columnists-claims-against-trump/

Father Peter Damian, a priest from the Kumbakonam diocese, took charge of the desolate land with thorny bushes, transforming it into the magnificent church it is today with the help of Fr Cassian from Canada.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/all-about-coimbatores-historic-our-lady-of-fatima-church/article67661361.ece

He handcuffed her and drove her to a desolate location where he sexually assaulted her, the department said.

Source: https://www.waka.com/2023/08/26/former-dallas-county-deputy-gets-12-years-for-assaulting-woman-stopped-for-broken-tag-light/

He wandered through the desolate streets, a silent witness to the remnants of what once thrived.

Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20230611/15854503/The-Apocalypse-in-New-York.htm

In 12 static compositions of approximately five minutes, one for each month of the year, Benning trains the camera on different areas and aspects of Allensworth, mostly outdoor shots of restored houses and buildings set against desolate backdrops.

Source: https://thefilmstage.com/nyff61-currents-features-jean-luc-godards-final-work-the-human-surge-3-inside-the-yellow-cocoon-shell-more/

In the cold steel garage that is your home on the desolate planet of Rubicon, you are referred to as “dog,” “hound,” and “merc.”

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/cf51c513ffa459d5?ref=ff

It’s a classic story of a border town prospering from differing laws state to state, and how arbitrary lines drawn through a desolate landscape drive economic patterns.

Source: https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/27/dinosaur-colorado-marijuana-pot-weed/

Standing on top, he saw the desolate sand dunes below and decided this would be the best place to build.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/unique-sites-israel/unique-sites-of-israel-hill-of-jonah-in-ashdod/2023/06/11/

The famous wooden ticket office and the Grand Central hotel are made for desolate, unrequited romances.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23473424.hielanmans-umbrella---next-glasgows-victorian-sanctuary/?ref=rss

The first trailer for the hotly-anticipated film saw Margot as a larger-than-life swimsuit Barbie as she stood on a desolate beach, while girls played with dolls behind her.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12324517/All-Easter-eggs-Greta-Gerwigs-hotly-anticipated-Barbie-film.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

The game’s environmental themes are front and center, with its portrayal of earth as a desolate, inhospitable place, and humans are cast as the greatest threat to the foxes’ survival.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/best-video-games-gamers-control-animals/

The inability of security agencies to fashion effective strategies to degrade or decimate these terrorists and bandits has rendered most of our communities desolate.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/im-pained-by-zangon-kataf-killings-this-impunity-must-end-uba-sani/

The latter allowed Navajos to return to their ancestral homelands in the Four Corners region after being forcibly marched to a desolate tract in eastern New Mexico.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/feds-want-justices-to-end-navajo-fight-for-colo-river-water/article_83a6ff6a-1af7-5767-a6c0-02a258b42a4d.html

The South L.A. location of the famed chain is an essential restaurant for those in the area, but it was desolate in the aftermath of violence.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2023-01-23/roscoes-house-of-chicken-n-waffles-closes-pico-location

The stretch from Tedim to Kalay was the real conflict zone, which was even more desolate, barring a few shops that were open in the three villages we crossed.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-unfolding-humanitarian-crisis-in-myanmar/

The United Architect of the Philippines-Davao City chapter condoled with the family and said “her rape and subsequent abandonment in a desolate grassland has utterly shocked and anguished us.”

Source: https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2023/05/no-lead-yet-in-rape-slay-of-architect-engineer/

They accepted this land in part because it seemed such a desolate space they were sure to be left alone at last.

Source: https://mashable.com/article/killers-of-the-flower-moon-review

Things begin in the desolate, cold town of Silver Lake, Colorado.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/last-of-us-episode-8-recap-hbo-playstation-pedro-pascal-1850175860

Though it begins by quoting the 26th chapter of Leviticus—“I will lay your cities in ruin and make your sanctuaries desolate and I will not savor your pleasing odors”— plays out like the Book of Revelation.

Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/best-new-movies-on-itunes/