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Fires have been wreaking havoc across France and Spain, as they often do when conditions are dry and wind is high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
"We are standing against them, and we will resist, even if we have to survive on dry bread."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Further south, though, it looks set to be another generally dry day with variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Eisenman adds that fans can cause more water to evaporate from your skin in dry conditions such as L.A., further drying you out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The smell is moist, not dry like Texas.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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
"The sweat dries," she said, watching the blades turn, "but these gusts are hard for an old body to bear."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
"We work in staggered timing... doing our work in early mornings and after sunset," said 42-year-old Babulal Narayan, who rakes the salt as brine water dries in shallow pools.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
At the same time, “As the money dries up because of the blockade, we may find that more and more folks have no choice but to mobilize politically,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
She dries her hands, sighs, and says, “No.”
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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
The "wets" obsessed by the idea that woman suffrage is "next door to prohibition" used their entire machinery to defeat the amendments, while the "drys" regarded the amendments as distinctly separate questions.
From Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment by Catt, Carrie Chapman
India's monsoon is running well below average, while hotter and drier conditions are forecast from Central America and the Caribbean to parts of South America, South Asia, the Southwest Pacific, Europe and Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Dairy farmers are installing "cow showers" and giant cooling fans as hotter, drier summers become more common.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Even though El Niño brings hotter and drier conditions to the north, researchers haven’t conclusively found it leads to larger or more frequent fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
As the effects of human-induced climate change continue, the Met Office expects our summers to become hotter and drier, external in the future.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
They grumbled, but we pulled into shore, dragged our canoes up to the drier ground under the pine trees.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
The majority of Southern California, except for the immediate coastline, will see an enhanced risk of large wildfires Friday through Sunday, when conditions will be hottest and driest, said Kristen Stewart, meteorologist with the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Cooler conditions and some rain are on the way for some on Thursday and into the weekend, but likely not in the driest areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
That turbocharged vegetation growth, which then collided with some of the driest, hottest weather on record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Wisley in Surrey has been one of the driest locations in south-east England, clocking up 41 days of no rain as of 28 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Clare worked quickly, gathering the driest leaves and sticks and moss.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
He and his detectives at first gave little regard to the dried blood on the front porch, said people familiar with the investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Last winter was mild and wet, encouraging vegetation growth, which has then dried out in successive hot spells, generating fuel for wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
By examining ancient layers of lake sediment, researchers uncovered evidence that several lakes dried out roughly 7,500 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
One time, we harvested a bunch of mugwort, a weed that grows around the edges of the garden plots, and dried it so we could make it into tea.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Eisenman adds that fans can cause more water to evaporate from your skin in dry conditions such as L.A., further drying you out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Cooking and drying clothes indoors can also increase humidity, making it harder for sweat to evaporate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
While droughts happen naturally, scientists say that climate change is raising the risks, with higher summer temperatures drying out soils more quickly.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Since June, a succession of heat waves have pummeled the continent, straining its infrastructure and drying out swaths of territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
His hair and skin were damp, and he was drying himself with a towel.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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