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Recent Examples of bone-dry
Joy, even for something as stupid as bone-dry pant cuffs, is not typical Milhouse.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Von Winning Riesling Extra Brut Sekt Pfalz: A bone-dry Riesling that is chalky, salty, and mouth-watering good.
—Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
His mix of bone-dry humour and innate decency are the perfect foil for the film's welling emotions.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Nov. 2024
If your mum is bone-dry, give it a good soaking first, then place the plant in the hole.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Von Winning Riesling Extra Brut Sekt Pfalz: A bone-dry Riesling that is chalky, salty, and mouth-watering good.
—Michelle Williams, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
His mix of bone-dry humour and innate decency are the perfect foil for the film's welling emotions.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Nov. 2024
If your mum is bone-dry, give it a good soaking first, then place the plant in the hole.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bone-dry
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Eventually, baseball—the sport of sunbaked afternoons, a sport made beautiful and strange by its exposure to the elements—may be unrecognizable.Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
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First rain in weeks won't solve Northeast drought A smattering of rain across parts of the Northeast failed to douse the deep drought fueling wildfires and prompting fire warnings across much of the parched region where blazes turned deadly over the weekend.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
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The battering of cold weather outside and comfort of warm air inside means your lips are likely to be left feeling a little parched.Isadora Baum, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
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Place the items on a flat mesh drying rack or absorbent towel to air-dry.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
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Instead, wash and air-dry them so that they can be roasted with your favorite seasonings like cumin, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, or paprika.Valentina Bottoni, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2024
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To withstand the extreme heat and arid conditions, crops in the Salton Sea air basin need to be watered regularly.Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish entities—roadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulents—make occasional appearances.Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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While urban areas like Los Angeles are under mandatory drought restrictions to reduce strain on state reservoirs, many rural residents reliant on groundwater wells are waterless.Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2022
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Other eco-friendly measures include a solid waste incinerator to turn waste into non-toxic ash and a waterless urinal to reduce unnecessary usage.Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2022
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Enclosures help retain humidity for species that struggle in dry home air.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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That minimal percentage is caused by extremely dry air that circulates throughout the cabin at 30,000 feet.Sara Button, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bone-dry. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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