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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.
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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
Although produced all over the world, whether your preference is for lusciously sweet or bone-dry wines, still or sparkling, there is a Riesling wine tailor-made for your palate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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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
Although produced all over the world, whether your preference is for lusciously sweet or bone-dry wines, still or sparkling, there is a Riesling wine tailor-made for your palate.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone-dry. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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