barren
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His universally acclaimed “Summer of Soul” dropped in June 2021, offering deep refreshment to thirsty concertgoers marooned in a barren season for live music.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Samuel Beckett’s absurdist masterpiece, Waiting for Godot, tells the story of two friends who gather next to a barren tree, hoping to meet a man who never actually arrives.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Next weekend this place is gonna be barren.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
The partners leased their first of three parcels of barren flatland for around $25,000 a month, anchored by a dilapidated ranch house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Once in those early years he’d wakened in a barren wood and lay listening to flocks of migratory birds overhead in that bitter dark.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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