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barren

[bar-uhn] / ˈbær ən /




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These were the same values that had transformed Hong Kong from a barren rock into a prosperous metropolis—Anglo-American values, in short, rooted in freedom and the rule of law.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Next weekend this place is gonna be barren.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

In both cases, they create warm, nutrient-rich pockets in the otherwise cold and barren deep ocean.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 29, 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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