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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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In both cases, they create warm, nutrient-rich pockets in the otherwise cold and barren deep ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The consistency with which Wales are reaching these stages is a far cry from the barren half a century which preceded Euro 2016.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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

The barren sands yielded nothing and the team, disheartened, headed back to their camp.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

He stopped trying to decide, and in a sort of exhausted calm trotted the rest of the way down the gloom-filled street and into the familiar, barren courtyard.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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