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With security threats increasingly powered by AI, from sophisticated Gmail attacks to malicious advertising accounts that can lead to search engine compromise, there’s no doubt that this is the new frontier of the cybersecurity badlands.
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Blair Valley Location: Anza Borrego Desert State Park The largest state park in California, the Anza Borrego Desert State Park has badlands, palm oases, mountain peaks, and waterfalls all accessed by miles of unpaved roads and hiking trails.
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
There are desert badlands, frosty tundra, underwater temples, shipwrecks, lush caves teeming with life, and much more.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Game of Thrones fans may recognize the badlands of Bardenas Reales in Navarre, about a four-hour drive northeast of Madrid.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Blair Valley Location: Anza Borrego Desert State Park The largest state park in California, the Anza Borrego Desert State Park has badlands, palm oases, mountain peaks, and waterfalls all accessed by miles of unpaved roads and hiking trails.
—Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025
There are desert badlands, frosty tundra, underwater temples, shipwrecks, lush caves teeming with life, and much more.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
Game of Thrones fans may recognize the badlands of Bardenas Reales in Navarre, about a four-hour drive northeast of Madrid.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for badland
Noun
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The United States is full of many different landscapes that range from vast deserts, beaches, towering mountains, stunning coastlines, and lush forests.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
4 July 2025
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Fire restrictions highlighted the urgency of staying safe in Arizona’s forests, deserts and scrublands.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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But one of the core objectives was to make the radioactive wastelands a little cozier.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
2 July 2025
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And while readers root for the characters such as the Trashcan Man and Mother Abigail, the final showdown came down to a group of survivors fighting the Antichrist-like Randall Flagg in the wasteland known as Las Vegas.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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“Badland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badland. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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