arid

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These ideas risk becoming arid, and there are certainly times when Mr. Lerner overexplains them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Natives actually tend to do better after several years of drought, once invasives not adapted to the arid climate die out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Only a small portion of the planned barrier has so far been cut into the arid Atacama desert - a ditch a few feet wide and deep.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Often compared to polar deserts, the Atacama is considered one of the most arid regions in the world.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

By the time of Gilmore’s visit, Blackwater Draw was an arid, almost vegetation-free jumble of sandy drifts and faces of fractured caliche.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann