The phrase
"dust bowl" refers to a period in the 1930s when a series of severe dust storms devastated the agricultural region of the Great Plains in the United States. These storms turned the area into a dry, barren land covered with thick layers of dust, making farming extremely difficult or impossible.
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Sentences with «dust bowl»
- The economic depression and dust bowl in the 1930s prompted the first «farm bill» in 1933, with subsidies and production controls to raise farm incomes and encourage conservation. (cato.org)
- Without rain, the plains become dust bowls as grass loses its hold in the ground. (treehugger.com)
- It also discusses modern day dust bowls and it's effect. (tes.com)
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