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dried-up

[drahyd-uhp] / ˈdraɪdˈʌp /














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Running a big food company these days is like fishing in a dried-up pond.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

With multiple trail options, the hillsides of this dried-up river valley are rife with vibrant blooms, particularly bush sunflowers and lacy phacelia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

When the team analysed the dried-up powder, they found it contained hematite, "giving the paste a deep red colour".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2024

Ingenuity remains in contact with its companion, the Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up riverbed for signs of extinct Martian life.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2024

It was a dried-up marsh pocked by the footprints of animals.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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