Usage examples for drought
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During the past year, some 150 million people in 36 African countries were faced with near disaster as the result of serious drought, induced food shortages. – State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter by Jimmy Carter
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We are seeking a means of ending the great drought which has ravaged the United States for the past two years. – The Great Drought by Sterner St. Paul Meek
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It was a Friday; a hot, nauseating smell of fried fish filled the refectory; a strong drought blew cold about feet encased in wet boots; the walls dripped with moisture, and outside the barred windows a fine rain was falling from a grey sky. – The Aspirations of Jean Servien by Anatole France