barren
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"The hot spots are just barren areas of nothing except 12 inches of ash."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In recent days, AFP journalists have seen roe deer and fawns looking disorientated in the middle of scorched and barren woodland.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The fires eviscerated many of the plants and trees in and around the burn zones, leaving behind barren lots and charred swaths of parkland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
When I grew up in Warnbro, in Western Australia, in the 1980s, the area was pretty barren.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Then, angry at himself, he spat—spat with wrath and contempt, for himself, with utter hate, onto the barren ground.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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