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Some stores had empty shelves over the weekend as residents raced to buy essentials, while fresh produce at market stalls was kept dry in polystyrene foam boxes or hanging just above the water level.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Unlike the scrolls from Herculaneum, those documents survived because they were buried in Egypt's dry sands.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Instead, it was a layered cake made from whipping butter and sugar until it was frothy and then sifting in the dry ingredients.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Not every summer will be as hot or dry as this one, as weather patterns vary from year to year.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

My mouth runs dry and my legs feel like rubber.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it -- re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The reason is that the labor force is shrinking as baby boomers continue to retire and immigration dries up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

By raising average temperatures, it makes extreme heat more likely and, when rain fails, increases evaporation and dries soils faster.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

High pressure causes colder air to sink in the atmosphere, where it compresses, warms up and dries out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

As the paint dries on The Potato Eaters, Vincent has another huge fight with Anna.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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

It makes us wonder how the drys get from point to point.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Heywood Broun

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

North-west Scotland will see some rain but these systems are not expected to push across the rest of the UK, so this would mean drier weather with lighter winds and higher daytime temperatures for most.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The Met Office is forecasting the second half of September will see a return to drier conditions, particularly in the south where the rain is needed the most.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

With some signs of high pressure building and the prospect of drier and brighter weather, it might feel pleasantly warm for some, especially in south-eastern areas.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

If ever there was a place where a woman would putter around, patting mud packs on her face and sitting under a drier, it would be a velvetsoft, diamond-gem beauty parlor!

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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

With this summer being the hottest and one of the driest on record, lakes and rivers across the country have been running low.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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

We quickly learned that whenever we ventured into the kitchen, we needed to wrap our hands in the driest socks or rags we could find.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

The company, whose early trading days date to the 19th century and the era of British rule, once exported opium to China and sold cotton to Britain when the American Civil War dried up supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

The June to August season was defined by severe, back-to-back heatwaves that shut schools, dried up rivers and primed the land for devastating wildfires.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Chef Norbert Niederkofler talked about his book “Cook the Mountain,” which is made with apple paper and bound in dried apple skin, and how sustainability in food can influence sustainability in fashion.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

She dried him with a towel and helped him down to the floor.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Corn flakes, made from rolling and drying the unsweetened grain, were the result of his experiments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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

Clothes on a washing line have been drying in minutes.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Bill came up drying his hands, his bag plump with ferns.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway