Empty Quarter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It gives the example of the Rub’ al Khali, or Empty Quarter, a desert in the southern Arabian Peninsula, as a place that was historically uncommon for desert locust outbreaks but then became a hotspot.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024
The trip across the desolate dunes of the Empty Quarter took several days, skirting the kingdom’s southern border.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022
An Aramco oil tank is seen at the Production facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018.
From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2021
The sinking air is dry and cloudless, and underneath are the Sahara, the Empty Quarter, and the Kalahari.
From Scientific American • Nov. 21, 2018
Shortly after World War II, a young Englishman decides to trek across the Empty Quarter of Arabia; his spare prose captures the vanishing nomadic way of life in one of the planet’s harshest environments.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2015
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