Desert
Desert verb - To leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another.
Remain
Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: one of the three bridges known as “the London Bridge,” it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today
Common collocations
| time | desert time | remain time |
Both words in one sentence
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The minerals that had been extracted there, Timeshift Stones, remain scattered throughout the mines and desert.
Source: Abandoned Mine - Benteen realizes too late that he truly did want to go home, and he must remain on the desert world alone for the rest of his days.
Source: Downer Ending / Live-Action TV - See if this sounds familiar: a pair of young military officers, involved in a campaign in a desert region, the one more comfortable with a desk job, the other determined to remain in frontline service.
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