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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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The city is sick, as evidenced in photos of barren studio lots, burning trees and the boarded-up Cinerama Dome.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

But the drafting boards of America’s engineers remained dishearteningly barren.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson


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