barren
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A series of severe heat waves and prolonged droughts have turned many European riverbeds into barren sandscapes this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
They're all celebrating after their Irish county Mayo overcame a 75-year-old 'curse' and finally broke its barren run in one of Ireland's biggest sporting occasions.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But every evening after work he had looked across the river to these barren, empty hills, and finally he had bought a couple of acres and began building our house.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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