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His own former theater company, Reprise, operated on a subscriber model, and the base of financial support to sustain it dried up, he said.

It was a warm October evening and the swaths of black mustard weed on the trail had completely dried up, leaving the towering stalks spindly and bare.

Measure A would double the quarter-cent sales tax that voters approved in 2017 for homeless services and extend the tax indefinitely, ensuring that a major funding stream won’t dry up in a few years.

During a drought, rivers and lakes dry up and the soil gets scorched, meaning it hardens and loses plant cover.

But the wellspring of progressive cash that fueled Gascón’s run for office in 2020 has dried up when he needs it most for his flagging reelection bid.