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

Jerry Brown stood on brown, barren slopes of the Sierra Nevada to watch scientists measure the most meager snowpack in history.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 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

Days became weeks, until at last they ran out of food and water and were in barren lands where no amount of foraging might satiate their appetites.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny