high and dry
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Only that department is set to get left high and dry once Saturday starts, but that’s still significant given its arms include the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
"Social care has been left high and dry" by last year's NI changes, says John Paddick.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Others in the community have left out water to help coyotes, birds and “any poor wildlife” left high and dry by the Eaton fire, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
The land is high and dry, the ground rocky and inhospitable — not like the rainy coastal Northwest, where trees grow thick and fast.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024
I hear he left you high and dry, eh?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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