barren

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In both cases, they create warm, nutrient-rich pockets in the otherwise cold and barren deep ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Scotland's attack was largely barren in the Six Nations from 2000 to 2015, when Russell turned up in earnest.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

By Sunday, the visible snow had expanded significantly down mountain ranges into lower altitudes, and blanketed parts of the Southern Sierra that were barren just 10 days earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

A carefully managed fire could turn impassable barren thickets into prime grasslands teeming with game.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari