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Affidavits from five Cuban men described being forced onto buses on several occasions and driven to Santa Teresa, N.M., a remote, one-lane border crossing where tumbleweeds pile up against an 18-foot-tall border wall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

On the ground, amid the sagebrush and tumbleweeds, are a few old barracks, a weathered wooden fence strung with barbed wire and a wind-battered guard tower.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

Ramsey said that three consecutive windy storms in 2021 also brought in tumbleweeds to South Jordan, but Saturday’s event “was something to behold.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

But for researchers like Kainz and CU Boulder geologist Lon Abbott, the High Plains that extend over much of eastern Colorado -- the territory of tumbleweeds and prairie dogs -- may be even more interesting.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Instead of dust and tumbleweeds, mist slinks over the surface.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera