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The acerbic Stockton indie rockers, beloved for their spiky guitar interplay and frontman Stephen Malkmus’ bone-dry wit, released a number of rock-critic-beloved albums in the ‘90s for indie label Matador, and returned as festival favorites in the 2010s.
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August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Hillsides were caked and brown, city streets were dotted with dead lawns, and wildfires raged throughout the state and region, feeding on bone-dry grass and shrubs.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The result is Shin Godzilla, a bone-dry satire of government impotence and self-important bureaucrats that’s the most realistic installment in the series since the original.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Then, a bone-dry second half of the year and sparse early winter snow left the landscape parched.
—Time, 22 Aug. 2023
For the first time since 2005, a lake — called Lake Manly — has formed in Badwater Basin, an expanse of salt flats within the park that are usually bone-dry.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The famously bone-dry salt flats at the bottom of Death Valley National Park in California aren't the first spot where most experienced kayakers would expect to paddle out.
—USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Napa wineries produce world class dry Riesling on par with the finest bottles from Alsace, offering bone-dry freshness and flavors of peach and lemon with a hint of florality.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
This is Bungie executives trying to squeeze blood from a bone-dry stone.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Hillsides were caked and brown, city streets were dotted with dead lawns, and wildfires raged throughout the state and region, feeding on bone-dry grass and shrubs.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The result is Shin Godzilla, a bone-dry satire of government impotence and self-important bureaucrats that’s the most realistic installment in the series since the original.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Then, a bone-dry second half of the year and sparse early winter snow left the landscape parched.
—Time, 22 Aug. 2023
For the first time since 2005, a lake — called Lake Manly — has formed in Badwater Basin, an expanse of salt flats within the park that are usually bone-dry.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
The famously bone-dry salt flats at the bottom of Death Valley National Park in California aren't the first spot where most experienced kayakers would expect to paddle out.
—USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
Napa wineries produce world class dry Riesling on par with the finest bottles from Alsace, offering bone-dry freshness and flavors of peach and lemon with a hint of florality.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
This is Bungie executives trying to squeeze blood from a bone-dry stone.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone-dry. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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