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Vegetable-oil prices rose 0.9% in September and were more than 18% above year-earlier levels, driven mainly by higher palm oil prices amid strong global demand and concerns over dry weather in Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Meltwater from glaciers can be an important source of water for irrigation, hydropower and even shipping traffic during hot, dry conditions.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The river has the capacity to go dry even in scenarios when there are very few diversions or overpumping.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife once employed 13 specialists dedicated to resolving human-wildlife conflicts, but it let all but one of them go after funding ran dry in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

My mouth runs dry and my legs feel like rubber.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“Sometimes it ends in tears, where the demand dries up and you’ve got a lot of talent that is not deployed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Dog treats, favourite foods, washes and blow dries at home, endless love and attention.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Ron spasms under his desk, stifled by the small space; a colleague dries a co-worker’s hair with a piece of paper after blowing bubbles in it; Ron does the loudest meal prep you’ll ever hear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new way to control how ink dries by adding ultra fine bubbles to ink droplets instead of chemical additives.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

“Hey, Mom,” I said matter-of-factly with the binoculars still pressed against my face, “how come blood on a sword dries red, and blood on cloth dries brown? How come?”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

That really divided Whigs between drys and wets.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2017

So who are the other Washington VIPs queuing up for blow drys, yoga, personal training and makeup application in the comfort of their open concept living rooms?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2015

And while profits from cuts, colouring and blow drys have remained static, in 2012 the salon's hair extension business has grown 60% year on year.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2012

But she nonetheless tells her very fellow drys that she can secure Nucky’s help in doing away with these neighborhood stashes.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2010

We drys have certainly won a great victory.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay

UK summers are expected to become drier on average due to climate change - although when there is heavy rain it could fall in more intense bursts.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

"October might be hotter and drier," Sarawak's Deputy Premier Douglas Uggah Embas told reporters.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The settled, drier weather will also likely last in southern and eastern England too with little rain for places continuing to experience drought conditions.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Sork’s lab, along with the Nature Conservancy, is sequencing oak DNA to identify which trees are best built to survive a hotter, drier California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

I leave the church a few minutes later feeling warmer, drier, and like I narrowly escaped something.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Last year was among the driest for the world's rivers in over three decades, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said in a report.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Precipitation was below average, ranking in the driest third on record for both August and for the June-August period, and drought covered nearly 60 percent of the contiguous US by September 1.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

July’s 6.5 millimeters of rain in England, about 0.25 inches, was the lowest since records began in 1836 and less than half the next driest July—in 1911.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

In other research, scientists found that the last quarter-century has probably been the driest in 1,200 years in Western North America, and that global warming is responsible for about 40% of the drought’s severity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Your charm overwhelms me,” I say in my driest voice.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

They’re weighty-seeming pictures that dried up and blew away in the cultural memory for lack of actual substance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Costume designer Colleen Atwood devised the ensemble, while Ed Cubberly created the famous fiberglass muzzle, deliberately leaving it uncoated to evoke the look of dried, taut skin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I whisked the eggs and cream with garlic powder, onion powder, dried thyme, oregano, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, plus a little drizzle of soy sauce.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

She also recommends keeping dried herbs, spices and salt available as, she says, tinned food can be slightly bland.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“I was covered with mud dried like a cast. They said I looked like a mud statue,” Venus remembered.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

As the Mayo Clinic notes, “processing” can include washing, chopping, drying, packaging and a number of other things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Before engineers could switch on the WFI, the instrument spent 10 days drying out and undergoing decontamination.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

It contained its own complete production line, including a drying turbine -- but wasn't as big as another recently dismantled facility that employed some 50 people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

With the sun breaking through and a drying wind, the wicket flattened out and batting seemed to be becoming easier than on day one.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

It would be there, with the tar on the canvas drying and cracking, until great holes appeared and the currach wasted away.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff