parched
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Among those bracing for impact are shipping companies using the Panama Canal, a chokepoint that is tightening just as shipping is throttled from the Strait of Hormuz to the parched Rhine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It ignited near a hiking trail in the parched hills just northwest of the city on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The apple harvest in Germany is also expected to take a hit from the parched weather, Germany's Federal Statistical Office said in a report also released Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
People out and about on the parched grass of Primrose Hill, London.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
While they were eating, teasing, commenting on the soup, flavored with low-growing juniper berries and parched hot summer corn, something happened that disturbed everyone and changed the course of the winter.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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