desiccated
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We drove past more empty lots, more abandoned groves, desiccated trees, signs announcing public hearings for land-use changes.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
"Everything is there. I was stuck here," he told AFP in Karachi, near the well-known Bengali market where he peddles desiccated fish and prawns to make ends meet for $7 to $9 per day.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
His latest book’s rather desiccated title led me to believe it would mount some dry defense of religion in general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Prof Rein's research finds that, after ten consecutive days of very dry weather, vegetation becomes so desiccated across wide areas that the likelihood of multiple fires igniting simultaneously rises sharply.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Daylight streamed through the hole onto a mound of splintered floorboards and broken glass from which rose coils of silty dust, pieces of torn carpet plastered here and there like scraps of desiccated meat.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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Into the Wild
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