dried-up
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In a dried-up riverbed, there’s a rock with a freshly drilled hole in it—the handiwork of NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 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
When the team analysed the dried-up powder, they found it contained hematite, "giving the paste a deep red colour".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 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
“I—I don’t think he is a wild animal,” said Digory in a dried-up sort of voice.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
