driest
Americanadjective
adjective
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Working from before dawn until midnight, farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan fought Europe's driest summer ever to save their red pepper harvest in Hungary.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
With this summer being the hottest and one of the driest on record, lakes and rivers across the country have been running low.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
July’s 6.5 millimeters of rain in England, about 0.25 inches, was the lowest since records began in 1836 and less than half the next driest July—in 1911.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
In other research, scientists found that the last quarter-century has probably been the driest in 1,200 years in Western North America, and that global warming is responsible for about 40% of the drought’s severity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
For months on end, the activity in the courtroom consisted of the driest legal maneuvering imaginable.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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