parched
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A spokesperson for the estate said after temperatures exceeded 30C in May, June and July, and with the "exceptionally dry" start to July, the lawn was "parched enough for history to reveal itself once again".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
And this week's championship on the parched fairways of Royal Birkdale offers surely one of the best prospects for this form of drought to finally end.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But farmers are drawing heavily from the waterways to irrigate fields parched by the heat.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
The warm winter led to the worst year for snowpack in Colorado and Utah on record, meaning less water in the parched Colorado River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Min’s interruption could hardly have been more abrupt, but the curt words swept over Tree-ear like cool rain over a parched field.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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