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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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Inside the barren transit tent, which provides little escape from scorching 41C heat, Zarina sits alongside an anxious huddle of women and their children.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Beginning in approximately 1890, it was intended as a humanist revival and a cultural regeneration in a world rendered barren by industry and technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

It featured a futuristic barren desert-like landscape filled with sand punctuated by large colored glass bulbs that resemble marbles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

For it is not the least of its terrors that this evil thing is rooted deep in all good; in soil barren of holy memories it cannot rest.”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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