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With hydropower accounting for 80 percent of production as of 2024, supply dwindles in the dry season from March to August.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

But spring 2026 was strange: the warm, dry start should have been good.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

Southern parts of England should stay largely dry with sunny intervals and it will feel particularly warm and humid with temperatures climbing into the mid-20s Celsius - several degrees above the September average.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

It’s been hot in SoCal, but at least it’s a dry heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

They are all I have of her now, and I want them to dry on my skin and stay with me.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it -- re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The reason is that the labor force is shrinking as baby boomers continue to retire and immigration dries up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

By raising average temperatures, it makes extreme heat more likely and, when rain fails, increases evaporation and dries soils faster.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

As the liquid dries, the suspended particles inside can gather into uneven patterns.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

With fluid movements she wipes my arms, legs, and face with a damp rose-scented cloth and cuts and buffs my nails, then paints and dries them.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

That really divided Whigs between drys and wets.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2017

So who are the other Washington VIPs queuing up for blow drys, yoga, personal training and makeup application in the comfort of their open concept living rooms?

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2015

And while profits from cuts, colouring and blow drys have remained static, in 2012 the salon's hair extension business has grown 60% year on year.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2012

But she nonetheless tells her very fellow drys that she can secure Nucky’s help in doing away with these neighborhood stashes.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2010

They do not realize that the drys can still keep on voting dry, with intense conviction, and great battle cries, and still have a sense of humor.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay

I just want them a little drier, a little sturdier, with some browning around the edges.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

"The strong El Niño is making the dry season drier over the fire-prone parts of the country and exacerbating burning -- just as we anticipated it would," he said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

Southern and southwestern areas were even drier, receiving less than 20 percent of normal rainfall.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

A zone of wet weather will move eastwards across England and Wales on Saturday, although drier and brighter conditions may spread from the west later.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

There’s good grass there, though it’s drier than in the high country, with some rocks here and there.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Precipitation was below average, ranking in the driest third on record for both August and for the June-August period, and drought covered nearly 60 percent of the contiguous US by September 1.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

July’s 6.5 millimeters of rain in England, about 0.25 inches, was the lowest since records began in 1836 and less than half the next driest July—in 1911.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

In other research, scientists found that the last quarter-century has probably been the driest in 1,200 years in Western North America, and that global warming is responsible for about 40% of the drought’s severity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

July 2026 was the driest July on record for England and Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Akkersons were the driest couple in town.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

“Immediately noticeable were the sagging eaves, the multitude of leaks from the roof, the dried out, splintered mahogany and the battered exterior woodwork, which had suffered seven decades of winds from the Sound.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

When the benefits had nearly dried up, I told my therapist that perhaps acting wasn’t for me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I use the zest of a whole lemon rather than its juice — lots of brightness, no unnecessary liquid — plus dried thyme, garlic, onion and enough black pepper to make itself known.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

"I would have expected these microbes to have dried out," said Regberg, who studies space station bacteria and was a co-author on the paper.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

My mother rides our donkey, and my brothers, Isaac and Jacob, carry our provisions—bread and cheese, eggplant empanadillas, roasted eggs, olives cured in salt, dried figs, almonds, and walnuts—and our few belongings.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The drying can become even more pronounced when El Niño occurs alongside a positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole, which was also underway.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Climate change is also impacting the situation as drying soil conditions increases bursts over the summer periods," it added.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“The stream of students willing to pay something closer to full price is drying up,” Kelchen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Mama was washing, Daddy was drying, and I was putting away the dishes from lunch.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan