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They’re just stranded in the desert. – Maisoun Sulfab	Found on CNN 12 months ago
The women coming into my office are deeply distressed, they tell me ‘I used to have desire but it’s gone. I could be on a desert island with no pressures, but I just don’t have the appetite. I want it back.’ Those women have HSDD. – Sheryl Kingsberg	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Agave is a desert plant, so of course, anything that is moving towards that desert-like weather is going to help this crop thrive, but unfortunately, climate effects are not linear. It doesn’t mean that as temperatures warm that will remain consistent. – Omanjana Goswami	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It was probably more difficult psychologically than physically, a part of me is used to struggling through hard workouts, but the training I do for skiing did n’t translate to what I did in that desert. At least I know how to push through pain ! – Gus Kenworthy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We found a campsite, which extends over about 200 sq. m (2,153 square feet) that was used by the desert nomads since prehistoric times, at the site we found burnt stones, flint and stone tools as well as pottery sherds, but the truly special find is this collection of ostrich eggs. Although the nomads did not build permanent structures at this site, the finds allow us to feel their presence in the desert. – Lauren Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Good evening everyone - you're in the right place at the right time - this is Coast to Coast AM blasting out of the Mojave Desert like a scirocco blazing across the land, slamming into your radio like a supercharged nanoparticle of unobtainium. Greetings from the boldest, bawdiest, most outrageous city in the world. The planetary capital of sun, fun, sin, sex, and secrets -- my not-so-humble hometown, Las Vegas Nevada. My name is George Knapp, your occasional host - designated driver of the airwaves and moderator of tonight's upcoming cacophonous cavalcade of conversation. – George Knapp	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
I am clear that anyone willing to risk dying, starving or even being raped in the long journey through desert, cold and tunnels is crossing because they feel like there is no other solution to their situation. Their migration is the only way they see themselves and loved ones surviving deep poverty and, in some cases, persecution, my mother wouldn’t have risked my life or hers had it not been the only option she saw for her unborn child to have a chance at a life and childhood better than hers. – Raul Juarez/Congresswoman-Elect Dlia Ramirez	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They're overwhelmed, they're overwhelmed trying to bring dead bodies and the remains of illegal aliens that are found in the desert. They're overwhelmed in their communities with human services shortfalls. They're overwhelmed with crime response. And they're overwhelmed with just the sheer magnitude of things that need to happen to help care for people. – Jonathan Thompson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I think we all felt like we were walking through the desert with no hope of finding water, and the vultures were starting to circle, we're now talking about over $ 360 billion [ of climate investment ]. It's really apples and oranges in terms of what you can get. – Heather Zichal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Your love satisfies me like a desert of oasiss. – Heather Lydia Thornhill	added by heatherthornhill 1 year ago
There's a lot of people who just get angry, it's their water. It's their geographic possession. So, they don't like it going down to desert cities that also need it. And any effect on the fishery, especially up here ? I mean, that's people's livelihoods. – Stephen Lytle	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It takes millions of gallons of water for a golf course, it's going to reach a point when people have to decide,' Do I survive or do I play golf ? Should I have a lawn in the desert or pay a $ 100 for a basket of berries ?'. – Gordon Tharrett	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground. – Candice Cooley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
As temperatures start to rise in the summer, human smugglers will continue to exploit vulnerable populations and recklessly endanger the lives of migrants for financial gain. The terrain along the Southwest Border is extreme, the summer heat is severe, and the miles of desert that migrants must hike after crossing the border are unforgiving, our message to those who would try and gain illegal entry to the United States remains the same – don’t make the dangerous journey only to be sent back. – Chris Magnus	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Dylan had a farm, Dylan had a goal, and he had a drive in life so that he would absolutely not let anything, anything, take him away, this is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground. – Candice Cooley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The drought level at which the Desert Southwest currently sits, is going to require more than one rainy day, one rainy week, or even one rainy year to improve conditions in a meaningful way. – Jenn Varian	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Holding the summit in the Negev desert that borders Egypt and Jordan, rather than in Tel Aviv... or in Jerusalem, where Israel's claim of sovereignty remains unrecognized by Arab nations, hints at Israeli overtures towards the Arab world. – Hasan Alhasan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think one of the fundamental things we've got to do in addition to some of the changes we'll make, which we wo n’t get into it today, is that if we figure out why they're leaving in the first place, it's not like people sit around and say, in Guadalajara, ‘ I got a great idea, let's sell everything we have, give it to a coyote, take us across the border, leave us in the desert in a country doesn't want us. We don't speak the language. Won't that be fun ? ’. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I’m happy to be back, it’s a place I’ve been coming to for a very long time, played in college. ... So, I feel comfortable. I live in the desert. – Jon Rahm	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It becomes a bit of a dystopian World Cup if the stadium could be anywhere in the world... in the middle of the desert and then you just fly in and out, that’s certainly not the experience of the majority of fans are looking for. – Ronan Evain	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Once there was a job to be done, Tom Desert came out and Tom Desert was helping us because it's really hard. They're heavy, those lights, tom Desert was able to get our lights up and then we were like, everybody let's do it. – Leaba Commisso	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If life were a desert, dreams would be a mirage. – Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 2 years ago
In the desert, dreams are a mirage. – Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 2 years ago
If there was no more water here, there would be no water all across Colombia, the whole country would become a desert. – Cristina Bautista	Found on CNN 2 years ago

They’re just stranded in the desert.

– Maisoun Sulfab

Found on CNN
12 months ago

The women coming into my office are deeply distressed, they tell me ‘I used to have desire but it’s gone. I could be on a desert island with no pressures, but I just don’t have the appetite. I want it back.’ Those women have HSDD.

– Sheryl Kingsberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Agave is a desert plant, so of course, anything that is moving towards that desert-like weather is going to help this crop thrive, but unfortunately, climate effects are not linear. It doesn’t mean that as temperatures warm that will remain consistent.

– Omanjana Goswami

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was probably more difficult psychologically than physically, a part of me is used to struggling through hard workouts, but the training I do for skiing did n’t translate to what I did in that desert. At least I know how to push through pain !

– Gus Kenworthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We found a campsite, which extends over about 200 sq. m (2,153 square feet) that was used by the desert nomads since prehistoric times, at the site we found burnt stones, flint and stone tools as well as pottery sherds, but the truly special find is this collection of ostrich eggs. Although the nomads did not build permanent structures at this site, the finds allow us to feel their presence in the desert.

– Lauren Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Good evening everyone - you're in the right place at the right time - this is Coast to Coast AM blasting out of the Mojave Desert like a scirocco blazing across the land, slamming into your radio like a supercharged nanoparticle of unobtainium. Greetings from the boldest, bawdiest, most outrageous city in the world. The planetary capital of sun, fun, sin, sex, and secrets -- my not-so-humble hometown, Las Vegas Nevada. My name is George Knapp, your occasional host - designated driver of the airwaves and moderator of tonight's upcoming cacophonous cavalcade of conversation.

– George Knapp

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

I am clear that anyone willing to risk dying, starving or even being raped in the long journey through desert, cold and tunnels is crossing because they feel like there is no other solution to their situation. Their migration is the only way they see themselves and loved ones surviving deep poverty and, in some cases, persecution, my mother wouldn’t have risked my life or hers had it not been the only option she saw for her unborn child to have a chance at a life and childhood better than hers.

– Raul Juarez/Congresswoman-Elect Dlia Ramirez

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They're overwhelmed, they're overwhelmed trying to bring dead bodies and the remains of illegal aliens that are found in the desert. They're overwhelmed in their communities with human services shortfalls. They're overwhelmed with crime response. And they're overwhelmed with just the sheer magnitude of things that need to happen to help care for people.

– Jonathan Thompson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I think we all felt like we were walking through the desert with no hope of finding water, and the vultures were starting to circle, we're now talking about over $ 360 billion [ of climate investment ]. It's really apples and oranges in terms of what you can get.

– Heather Zichal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Your love satisfies me like a desert of oasiss.

– Heather Lydia Thornhill

added by heatherthornhill
1 year ago

There's a lot of people who just get angry, it's their water. It's their geographic possession. So, they don't like it going down to desert cities that also need it. And any effect on the fishery, especially up here ? I mean, that's people's livelihoods.

– Stephen Lytle

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It takes millions of gallons of water for a golf course, it's going to reach a point when people have to decide,' Do I survive or do I play golf ? Should I have a lawn in the desert or pay a $ 100 for a basket of berries ?'.

– Gordon Tharrett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground.

– Candice Cooley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

As temperatures start to rise in the summer, human smugglers will continue to exploit vulnerable populations and recklessly endanger the lives of migrants for financial gain. The terrain along the Southwest Border is extreme, the summer heat is severe, and the miles of desert that migrants must hike after crossing the border are unforgiving, our message to those who would try and gain illegal entry to the United States remains the same – don’t make the dangerous journey only to be sent back.

– Chris Magnus

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Dylan had a farm, Dylan had a goal, and he had a drive in life so that he would absolutely not let anything, anything, take him away, this is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground.

– Candice Cooley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The drought level at which the Desert Southwest currently sits, is going to require more than one rainy day, one rainy week, or even one rainy year to improve conditions in a meaningful way.

– Jenn Varian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Holding the summit in the Negev desert that borders Egypt and Jordan, rather than in Tel Aviv... or in Jerusalem, where Israel's claim of sovereignty remains unrecognized by Arab nations, hints at Israeli overtures towards the Arab world.

– Hasan Alhasan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think one of the fundamental things we've got to do in addition to some of the changes we'll make, which we wo n’t get into it today, is that if we figure out why they're leaving in the first place, it's not like people sit around and say, in Guadalajara, ‘ I got a great idea, let's sell everything we have, give it to a coyote, take us across the border, leave us in the desert in a country doesn't want us. We don't speak the language. Won't that be fun ? ’.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I’m happy to be back, it’s a place I’ve been coming to for a very long time, played in college. ... So, I feel comfortable. I live in the desert.

– Jon Rahm

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It becomes a bit of a dystopian World Cup if the stadium could be anywhere in the world... in the middle of the desert and then you just fly in and out, that’s certainly not the experience of the majority of fans are looking for.

– Ronan Evain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Once there was a job to be done, Tom Desert came out and Tom Desert was helping us because it's really hard. They're heavy, those lights, tom Desert was able to get our lights up and then we were like, everybody let's do it.

– Leaba Commisso

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If life were a desert, dreams would be a mirage.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
2 years ago

In the desert, dreams are a mirage.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
2 years ago

If there was no more water here, there would be no water all across Colombia, the whole country would become a desert.

– Cristina Bautista

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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