barren

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Outwardly a barren desert island, Larak has housed a Russian-made satellite communications-jamming system guarded by Iranian naval infantry and fast-attack vessels with antiship missiles, according to Israel-based Alma Research and Education Center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The terrain might look dry, dusty and seems rather barren, but it's far from that.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Understanding how this wetter world transformed into the barren landscape we see now remains a major question in planetary science.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Don’t trample or pick the flowers and stay on the paths because even barren ground could have seeds germinating beneath.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

For miles it was either entirely barren or covered in the spindly trunks of dead trees, a few still weakly standing but most toppled.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson