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Following a particularly dry spell in 2022, the government announced plans to ration water that could involve rotating day-long cuts to different parts of the city.
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Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Nadeem’s win breaks Pakistan’s 32-year Olympics dry spell since the men’s hockey team claimed the nation’s last medal, winning bronze at the Barcelona games in 1992.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Pommel horse guy At the Paris Olympics, the U.S. men’s gymnastics team broke a 16-year dry spell and earned bronze, thanks in part to pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
Still, a string of glossy critical and commercial flops starring women (Elektra and Aeon Flux in 2005, Ultraviolet in 2006) preceded a genre dry spell.
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
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Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
Nadeem’s win breaks Pakistan’s 32-year Olympics dry spell since the men’s hockey team claimed the nation’s last medal, winning bronze at the Barcelona games in 1992.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Pommel horse guy At the Paris Olympics, the U.S. men’s gymnastics team broke a 16-year dry spell and earned bronze, thanks in part to pommel horse specialist Stephen Nedoroscik.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
Still, a string of glossy critical and commercial flops starring women (Elektra and Aeon Flux in 2005, Ultraviolet in 2006) preceded a genre dry spell.
—EW.com, 18 July 2024
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“Dry spell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20spell. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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