drought

Example Sentences

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Costs will likely stay elevated as consumer demand remains robust, while it takes years to rebuild American herds depleted by drought and import restrictions over a parasite.

From Barron's

The six-month moving average of jobs growth is picking up, hinting that the worst of the hiring drought is behind us, he said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch

Since 2000, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left reservoirs depleted.

From Los Angeles Times

Farmers in the North African kingdom have for the past few years endured severe drought.

From Barron's

She says carbon emissions, including from transport, are heating the atmosphere, contributing to "rapidly rising temperatures and fuelling extreme events like floods, storms, heatwaves and droughts".

From BBC