parched

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If she can prove that cheetahs are worth saving, she thinks, she can help the cheetahs who are living in “the parched grassland she can only imagine. The place that would’ve been her home, too.”

From The Wall Street Journal

And when hot conditions leave mountain soils parched, melting snow can be absorbed into the ground before runoff reaches streams and rivers.

From Los Angeles Times

The 160-acre parcel, in the parched, south-central San Luis Valley of Colorado, had been decimated by drought and overdrawn water rights and was no longer viable for farming crops or livestock.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was imported from Europe, suitable wood being scarce in the parched Egyptian landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal

The hot climate and sandy, parched soil make this an unlikely place for fruit and vegetables – or so you might think.

From BBC