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And with three races remaining in the season, it’s now a mathematical certainty: The longest barren run since Ferrari began racing 75 years ago will continue.

“The seafloor is not barren, and the poison tide is traveling across this entire ocean and far into the next.”

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As Goldberg reported, voters see Platner as “a fighter,” and that designation matters in a barren political landscape where the only other choice is despair.

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The traditional view of early Earth portrays a barren planet until plants appeared about 500 million years ago.

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But the usually barren landscape has been transformed by a carpet of colourful wildflowers, which have been brought to life by significant rainfall during the southern hemisphere's winter months.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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