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Harvest usually starts in early August, he says, but after a very dry spring it has already been and gone.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned that Greece faces "extremely difficult" days ahead as high temperatures and dry conditions continue to fuel fires.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

This is the highest-level fire warning, signifying that the elements are in place for a perfect storm — with strong, gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels capable of creating a raging wildfire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Frozen and dry lunar soil respond differently when seismic waves move through them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Lagerstrasse was never dry now; even when the rain let up, deep puddles stood in the road.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

And part of the dog’s nose, cut by the cat’s claw, dries up and stops working.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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.

While forecasts point to rain around the Mediterranean, other regions can expect “severely drier than average conditions” until September, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

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

The land is definitely drier than I remember.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

In the southern part of England, July was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

It comes after drought was declared across seven areas of England this week, following four heatwaves and one of the driest spells this century.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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

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

The Atacama Desert, just south of Peru on the Chilean shore, is the driest place on earth—in some places rain has literally never been recorded.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

On Wednesday, barristers described how damp and mould had spread to coffins, and that faeces and dried bodily fluids were seen on the floor.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

In France, hot weather and dried out vegetation have fueled fires that by Monday had spread across more than 285,000 acres—an area that has increased 18% since the weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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

The last of its dried leaves have long ago fallen, and lie shriveled in the soil beneath it.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“Our fuels have been drying out over time and are at pretty much critical levels right now,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Cooking and drying clothes indoors can also increase humidity, making it harder for sweat to evaporate.

From Science Daily ● 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

France has been battered by three heatwaves since May as part of increasingly common extreme weather episodes linked to climate change, causing excess deaths, drying up rivers and fuelling wildfires.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Mama would laugh and rub cocoa butter on our skin to keep it from drying out.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce