dearth
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Barrera posted a story that read, “Rest in peace sweet Hayden,” and Arquette expressed his love in the comments section of Variety’s post announcing Panettiere’s dearth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“There’s a dearth of umpires in general. And it would be terrible if a team wasn’t able to play because there weren’t enough umpires.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Among survivors, I encountered palpable frustration at the lack of resolution, dearth of attention from law enforcement, and the ease with which the bloodshed left the headlines.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The dearth of British players in the top 100, which guarantees direct entry into the main draw, is a glaring issue.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“So who is the challenger?” asks the kid with a dearth of cheekbones.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas left off high-speed broadband networks suffered dearths of economic opportunity, even as Puget Sound’s largest cities flourished with explosive tech growth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
But behold, he stands at the door & knocks, by treasons, by plagues, by the hammer of dearths, discontents, fires, inundations, especially by the word; his locks are wet with waiting.
From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Samuel Ward
It can thus obtain food beyond the reach of the other Ungulata or hoofed animals inhabiting the same country; and this must be a great advantage to it during dearths.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
No doubt in this case and in all others, many checks concur, and different checks under different circumstances; periodical dearths, depending on unfavourable seasons, being probably the most important of all.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
No doubt, in this case, and in all others, many checks concur, and different checks under different circumstances; periodical dearths, depending on unfavourable seasons, being probably the most important of all.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
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