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Nineteen houses were destroyed and more than a dozen others damaged after the blaze tore through dry grass as the UK recorded its hottest day of the year on 13 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Apples are by far the most widely harvested tree fruit in Germany, and the agency said the decline was due to "recurring heatwaves and persistent dry weather during the spring and summer of 2026".
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Forecasts indicate that hot and dry conditions are likely to persist through August and into September, according to the European Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
As the climate warms, scientists say rapid swings between wet and dry conditions are increasing and are expected to get worse, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
Dog treats, favourite foods, washes and blow dries at home, endless love and attention.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ron spasms under his desk, stifled by the small space; a colleague dries a co-worker’s hair with a piece of paper after blowing bubbles in it; Ron does the loudest meal prep you’ll ever hear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
But they are packaged into different tranches in order of who will get repaid first if the money dries up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
As the liquid dries, the suspended particles inside can gather into uneven patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
The water keeps the leaf wet, and although the top dries up and burns down to the water level, that’s as far as the burning goes.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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
It makes us wonder how the drys get from point to point.
From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Heywood Broun
It usually causes drier conditions in Southeast Asia and India.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Climate change is creating hotter, drier conditions, more vulnerable to fires.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
In India and Southeast Asia, it typically causes drier conditions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Every time we burn fossil fuels, it adds more chemicals to the atmosphere that trap more heat, creating a positive feedback loop that makes everything hotter and drier.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Each day seemed hotter and drier than the day before.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Farmers across the UK are grappling with one of the driest, hottest growing seasons in decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
England and Wales recorded their driest July since records began 190 years ago, according to the Met Office, while large parts of England and all of Wales have already been officially declared in drought.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Of all the dams I have built and of all the dams I have ever seen, it was the driest dam of its size I ever saw in my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Veg farmers across the country are warning of a shortage of produce after the driest July for 190 years.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Akkersons were the driest couple in town.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Whether that entitles him to the money is less cut and dried, attorneys say.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Keep foods like dried and canned beans, canned tomatoes, tinned fish, olive oil, and a variety of whole grains on hand so you always have something to cook with.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Southwestern Germany has been hard-hit by high temperatures and low rainfall this summer, which has dried out farmland and seen river levels drop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Vibrant and intense, but light on the palate, with complex flavors and aromas of purple flowers, dried herbs, baking spices, raspberry and cranberry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Too late, he remembered the neat bundles of dried deer meat, forgotten at the shelter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
There are "signs of struggle" among the plants and trees near the drying pond, Herd said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"The rivers are drying up. Ships cannot operate. Yet the new transport minister comes up with nothing more than deeper shipping channels and different types of vessels," Banaszak told the Rheinische Post daily.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some polygonal formations previously examined by Curiosity clearly began as cracks in drying mud.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The Interior Department called it a flexible approach “to respond to changing conditions” on the drying river through 2036.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
A butterfly expanding and drying its wings before flight.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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