arid
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Using geochemical data, mineral analysis, and simulations of bioturbation, the researchers discovered repeated humid and arid climate cycles during the Late Cretaceous.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Camus’s vision may have been a bleak and arid one, but it retains its awful potency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Like most of its neighbours in this arid region, the small Gulf monarchy depends heavily on imports, especially for its food supply.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The rocks were cold and smooth and slippery under his feet arid the water lapped up to his knees, but Turner hardly noticed.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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