dearth
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“We know the mask use is a critical step to making this a successful event,” Dearth said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2021
We have seven explanations for the Dearth of July.
From Time • Jul. 8, 2014
The star made the comedy shorts Dearth of a Salesman and Insomnia is Good For You in 1957 as he tried to make his name as a film actor.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013
He and his wife, Molly Dearth, both 32, were lounging in the electric guitar room, where Mr. Williams, who is a musician, was trying out a couple of instruments.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2012
Here are a few: "Distress," "Destitution," "Dearth of provisions," "Severe destitution," "Severe suffering," "Extreme distress," as above; "Extreme misery," "Extreme destitution," etc., etc.
From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John
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