barren
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The city is sick, as evidenced in photos of barren studio lots, burning trees and the boarded-up Cinerama Dome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Beginning in approximately 1890, it was intended as a humanist revival and a cultural regeneration in a world rendered barren by industry and technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
It featured a futuristic barren desert-like landscape filled with sand punctuated by large colored glass bulbs that resemble marbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The doors faced out on a barren, floodlit terrace—black cinder, privet in concrete urns, a statue artfully broken in white pieces on the ground.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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