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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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Zverev had personally guaranteed that the barren run for American men would stretch at least into 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Inside the barren transit tent, which provides little escape from scorching 41C heat, Zarina sits alongside an anxious huddle of women and their children.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Beginning in approximately 1890, it was intended as a humanist revival and a cultural regeneration in a world rendered barren by industry and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Then, angry at himself, he spat—spat with wrath and contempt, for himself, with utter hate, onto the barren ground.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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