barren
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Last month, a few executives based in Riyadh even drove themselves to Damascus—an 18-hour drive through barren desert and across two international borders—rather than risk flying.
From The Wall Street Journal â Nov. 6, 2026
It will grow the number of playoff games played on barren campuses in December, just in time for students to be back at home, sleeping until noon and raiding the family refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 19, 2026
The city is sick, as evidenced in photos of barren studio lots, burning trees and the boarded-up Cinerama Dome.
From Los Angeles Times â Oct. 7, 2026
"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."
From BBC â Aug. 10, 2026
The side streets were still unpaved, fading out to the barren pebbly lots of a railyard and a gas plant.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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