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How to use the word drought in a Sentence? Page #5

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Within a few weeks, it's completely reversed, and we're now dealing with drought, it'll also have a major impact on the forest and on bark beetle infestation.

Ursula Heinen-Esser

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If the Chinese are stating that they were not contributing to the drought, the data does not support that position.

Alan Basist

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

China has overcome its own difficulty and increased water outflow from the Lancang River to help Mekong countries mitigate the drought, we also agreed to strengthen such cooperation within the framework of LMC to ensure the rational and sustainable use of water resources.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

First time I've had to work in the kitchen - I'm usually mustering cattle or fencing or something like that, there's no work because of the drought.

Gordon Simpson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I think the size and the intensity of these fires, coupled with the drought, have really just pushed Australia into a place that doesn't feel like home anymore. it doesn't feel safe anymore.

Linden Ashcroft

Found on CNN
4 years ago

And, as we have been reminded especially in these most recent times, stories of drought, bushfires, adapting to the many challenges that come with living in this great continent, but we would have it no other way as Australians because we love this land, its beauty and, yes, we know its terror, in all of its riches and all of its blessings, and we are a free, diverse and accepting people.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The Three Gorges is blocking off all the water, every winter is like this now, but this year is especially low because of the drought.

Zhang Yingsheng

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're in the middle of desert, and two years ago we came out of a seven-year drought.

Jerry Morales

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The drought has really hit us hard.

Hernan Chavez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The drought has come to an end, and rain has started to fall... we have enough water again to sustain ourselves, now there is an awareness of how important, and how crucial water is in this region.

Professor Thinus Booysen

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Worst drought I've ever seen, we had a bad one in the early 80s but even that was nothing like this.

Joe George

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They're just selling their stock, trying to hang onto the bare minimum, the pain here will last another four or five years after the drought, that's for sure.

Andrew Peadon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We're completely exhausted, we've been working day and night for two months to placate this fire that's so strong, and this drought that's so strong. It's impossible.

Jose Payme

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Western growing areas are very dry and we do not expect any relief this month, september will end with a lot of areas in drought.

German Heinzenknecht

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I'm already accustomed to drought, but in the past year I learned first-hand the consequences of both record rainfall and wildfire, i'll certainly consider insuring against environmental risks when my cash flow permits.

David Kaisel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have been dealing with the impact of a significant flood and drought in the domestic context and, all things considered, the fact that we continue to grow is an indication of the resilience of the Australian economy.

Mathias Cormann

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Drought has cut production by about half this spring.

Zi Sai

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are already seeing the impacts of this drought on vulnerable people, rates of malnutrition and water borne diseases like diarrhea and colitis are on the rise.

Mohamed Babiker

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The long term, decadal-scale drought conditions are not necessarily over.

David Gutzler

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We haven't gotten the inflation engine going and I don't think we will, it's a horrible outcome for fixed-income investors who have been spoiled for 30 years and now they're facing a complete yield drought that will probably get worse.

Margie Patel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's a horrible outcome for fixed-income investors who have been spoiled for 30 years and now they're facing a complete yield drought that will probably get worse.

Margie Patel

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Were actually falling more behind for the big one, the repeat of the drought of record.

Robert Mace

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Clearly their bankers have whispered in their ears, alerting them that the grass is high in public markets and now is the time to graze because a drought is coming.

Daniel Morgan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There is a high risk that... the situation in Bavaria will no longer be manageable if the drought persists.

Peter Issig

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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