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[ar-id] / ˈær ɪd /




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Southern Californians traveling the arid stretches of the I-15 would see Primm pop up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Some of the regional governments that were keen to see the law amended, including those of Mendoza and San Juan, are from arid and semi-arid areas where water is already a scarce resource, Serra says.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Camus’s vision may have been a bleak and arid one, but it retains its awful potency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

This suggests that other arid regions around the world may harbor more biodiversity than previously recognized.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

He took an electronic signature pad horn his mailbag arid handed it to me.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan




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