barren
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Keith LeChien, chief technology officer of three-year-old startup Pacific Fusion, said it wouldn’t be barren for long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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
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
Those empires were gone, leaving only a barren coastline for Sciron the bandit.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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