droughts

Example Sentences

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"While people have been adapting to the climate for much longer, Bergstrom's abandonment shows that people reorganized in response to recurring droughts in the last 2,000 years," concluded Wendt.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

"It means failed rains, dying crops, rising food prices, and families pushed to the edge yet again. In East Africa especially, this will land on communities already battered by droughts and floods in recent years."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Data centers have faced broad pushback in recent months over their water use, which can be particularly controversial in regions that already face droughts or other water constraints.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Acts of God are environmental: droughts, floods, locust plagues and the unusual winters that froze the Thames, contributing to recessions in 1710, 1739-40, 1762 and 1946-47.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Most of those inhabitants depended on ranching, but various droughts made survival almost impossible because of the lack of grazing land for cattle.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger