drought
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She said the previous year's drought may have contributed to the vanilla shortage.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
This year, the Canadiens could end Canada’s 33-year Stanley Cup drought.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Four years later, St. Louis has revitalized the downtrodden Canadiens and has Montreal dreaming of ending Canada’s 33-year Stanley Cup drought.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
El Nino -- a natural climate cycle phase -- influences global weather and increases the likelihood of drought, heavy rainfall and other climate extremes.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
If in good years they had settled in villages, grown crops, and produced babies, those large populations would have starved and died off in drought years, when the land could support far fewer people.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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