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Dan Anderson is a fifth-generation farmer and rancher whose wells have been drying up near Fillmore, Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Yet, at the same time as large sections of the land mass have been drying out, extreme rainfall has also increased.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024

Over in South Georgia, resources have been drying up for Hinojosa’s organization.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In one recent study, researchers found that streams in the western and southern United States have been drying over the last 70 years, with flow data revealing longer and more severe low-flow periods.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2023

These dessicated dynasties have been drying so long that they are now quite antiseptic.

From The California Birthday Book by Various