barren

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Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Scotland's attack was largely barren in the Six Nations from 2000 to 2015, when Russell turned up in earnest.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

He showed a barren creekbed filled with cobbles, then a green wetland filled with ducks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It was called Delos and besides being of all islands the most insecure it was rocky and barren.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton