arid
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So with farmers facing arid brown fields that should be flooded, lush paddies, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim this week announced cloud-seeding operations to trigger rain.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
"And a large part of our country, especially the regions that were keen to see this law amended, are arid and semi-arid areas, where water is a scarce resource," Rossi Serra added.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 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
The Middle East’s abundant desalination plants, which remove salt from the Gulf’s seawater, are the key source of drinking water for millions of residents in the arid region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The snowflakes were bigger now, and they fell more heavily past Lizzie arid Turner, their sharp angles slicing into the bulky sea.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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