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Rural churches were deserted, and the connection between the land and the bounty of harvests was gone.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One theory holds that Gedi was deserted to avoid the advancing nomadic Galla tribe coming from Somalia.
Kenya Has Its Own Machu Picchu—the Lost Town of Gedi|Nina Strochlic|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The owner rescued pieces from deserted monasteries to decorate the hotel.
Can Traditional Bhutan Survive Tourism?|Esha Chhabra|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An absentee father is loitering about with his son and namesake, Mason Jr., at a deserted concert hall.
The Making of ‘Boyhood’: Richard Linklater’s 12-Year Journey to Create An American Masterpiece|Marlow Stern|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Why did they pick him out of all those thousands who deserted?
The Last American Soldier Executed for Desertion|Michael Daly|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one time the Mosque was deserted by all except one machine-gun officer, who continued to work his gun single-handed.
With the British Army in The Holy Land|Henry Osmond Lock
They were at the deserted hut now; and Granny Dale got down and took the trembling beast out of the shafts, and led him in.
Into the Highways and Hedges|F. F. Montrsor (Frances Frederica)
Do you think, Dr. Paul, that he has then deserted his little daughter?
The Four Corners Abroad|Amy Ella Blanchard
And if he has deserted me, and gone to America, then its your fault.
Twos and Threes|G. B. Stern
His power of speech seemed to have deserted him, and he shook all over like an aspen-leaf.
Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue|Warren T. Ashton

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