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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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Keith LeChien, chief technology officer of three-year-old startup Pacific Fusion, said it wouldn’t be barren for long.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The earth is dry and barren - heaps of rubbish are piling up throughout the neighbourhood.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

A series of severe heat waves and prolonged droughts have turned many European riverbeds into barren sandscapes this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 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

Barbed wire edges this barren, infinite wilderness, just a line of stitching along a gray tea towel.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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