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Several potential buyers “have to keep a lot of powder dry for the NFL,” he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The hot, dry winds move down the southern slopes of the Santa Ynez Mountains and risk spreading fires rapidly if there’s an ignition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Butterfly Conservation, based at East Lulworth, in Dorset, said the hot and dry spring meant they were already seeing an increase in several species.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

That foil packet tucked neatly with your dry noodles is meant to be used, not discarded.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

“If you look closely, you can see that his jacket is dry, not wet. He was disguised to look like he was injured in the battle, but blood dries brown, not bright red.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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 research is the first to reveal how this concentration of rainfall into fewer, heavier events dries out the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Nonprofits are under siege as funding from government, foundations and donors dries up and policies target their missions—and as demand for services swells.

From Barron's ● May 12, 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

He dries off with his sweater, shakes his hair at me like a dog so that I get sprayed, and then pulls on his clothes.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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

As the river of that name that runs away from itself when it rains and drys up when it is clear, is so uncertain, the name Allegheny does not appeal to the masses.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.

We now deal with wildfire smoke every year, in a “season” that stretches longer and longer each year thanks to warmer and drier conditions.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Conversely, El Niño typically brings drier conditions to the Pacific Northwest, as well as Central America, northern South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Indonesia, and parts of southern Asia, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

El Ninos typically have knock-on effects globally, including drier conditions and drought in Australia, along with wetter winters in East Africa and the southern United States.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Tuesday is looking more showery across the UK as a whole but it should be drier across the Greater London area.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

There’s good grass there, though it’s drier than in the high country, with some rocks here and there.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Laura Dern, who played Dr. Ellie Sattler opposite Neill’s Dr. Alan Grant in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park,” wrote, Neill “showed me the depths of loyalty, protectiveness and love always with the driest of wit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Why do we need a nine gigawatt data center in one of the driest states in the nation that’s in a severe drought,” Caroline Gleich, an environmentalist and professional skier, asked.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

Which doesn’t keep him from being the driest wag in the cul-de-sac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

In 2025, the Met Office announced Gloucestershire had become the driest place in the West of England, with the county experiencing the lowest average rainfall in the region over the past 30 years.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

For months on end, the activity in the courtroom consisted of the driest legal maneuvering imaginable.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Part of it has to do with the simultaneous leaps in quality, availability and marketing of certain shelf-stable standards: good tinned fish, squeeze-bottle olive oil, dried beans with their very own fan clubs.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

“That creates its own hazard of, potentially, lightning without the rain that could put out any fire starts,” he said, adding that a warming trend has dried plants and soils.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

If your mouth has dried up just reading this, try some of these water-rich recipes.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

After a government irrigation canal next to his farm dried up recently just before this year’s rice-sowing season, he decided to sow corn instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Aunt Pretty told me that when she was growing up, the only dolls country girls had were made of rags, dried apples, or clothespins.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Within the United States, El Nino events are typically "drought-busting" over some regions including California but drying in others.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers focused on the species Armadillo sordidus, a little studied isopod that typically spends its time hidden beneath rocks and damp leaf litter, where moisture helps prevent it from drying out.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Supplies of smaller memory processors, like solid-state drives, are drying up on the market, fueling a crunch that’s hitting smartphones and laptops of all brands.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

So now, to keep our interest from drying out like a pitch on a hot summer day, the goal should be to keep the market saturated with soccer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

They speak of Uhmma’s early years gathering and drying fish along the Korean coastline.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na