dried-up
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They cannot afford to waste energy searching dried-up flowers for nectar and pollen that is no longer there.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Running a big food company these days is like fishing in a dried-up pond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
She cited a decline in advertising, dried-up investment reserves, digital monetization issues “and overall cost increases that have not kept pace with revenue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Ingenuity remains in contact with its companion, the Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up river bed for signs of extinct Martian life.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The bird swooped toward him and then rose up over the building, high, high into the air, over the alley and the train tracks and the dried-up creek.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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