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If hidden barrels are nearly gone, then Nuttall says there’s a new data point to watch—not how much trapped oil has already escaped, but the dearth of tankers willing to sail back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

In a district with the highest poverty rate in the city, residents are concerned about issues including illegal dumping, public safety, a dearth of grocery stores and a sense of being neglected by City Hall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"They are a sign of a healthy city. If you see a dearth of children, that rings alarm bells that a city is not functioning as it should," she added.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Among survivors, I encountered palpable frustration at the lack of resolution, dearth of attention from law enforcement, and the ease with which the bloodshed left the headlines.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The dearth of boughs and pine needles made it light and easy to carry.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas left off high-speed broadband networks suffered dearths of economic opportunity, even as Puget Sound’s largest cities flourished with explosive tech growth.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

There appeared one of those dearths not unusual in Hindostan; the population of the famished province cried out for rice; the stores of which, diminished by nature, had for months mysteriously disappeared.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

But behold, he stands at the door & knocks, by treasons, by plagues, by the hammer of dearths, discontents, fires, inundations, especially by the word; his locks are wet with waiting.

From A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich by Ward, Samuel

There is no vermin in the land like him: he slanders both heaven and earth with pretended dearths when there is no cause of scarcity.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

The frequency of local dearths, and the diversity and fluctuation of prices, were thus extreme.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various