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The regular afternoon thunderstorms have more than made up for the bone-dry conditions of last March and April, when Central Florida faced dying lawns amid an intensifying drought.
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and waterlogged, yet ever-sprawling Sunbelt.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
Central Texas is currently home to some of the worst drought in the United States and bone-dry soils flood very quickly.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
McMurtry muttering bone-dry jokes at the end of the world.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
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Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
For the last half-century, America’s population growth has been concentrated in the sweltering, equal parts bone-dry and waterlogged, yet ever-sprawling Sunbelt.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
Central Texas is currently home to some of the worst drought in the United States and bone-dry soils flood very quickly.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
McMurtry muttering bone-dry jokes at the end of the world.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone-dry. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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