"drought" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He sang about the Great Depression, and the problems faced by farmers at the time of the Dust Bowl, when erosion and drought ruined millions of acres of farmland.
- And they never took a chance, Mr. Bergman said, that a drought might ruin them.
- The drought ruined last season.
- The drought has ruined crops and added to the unemployment and food shortages that are causing price riots around the country in a social parallel to last year's wildfires.
- But a severe drought has ruined yet another crop for the Chipaya, the last remaining descendants of the Uru tribe, who were among the first inhabitants of South America.
- The market for Navajo rugs never waned, and weavers gave all their time to this source of income, always steady while drought and floods regularly ruined their crops.
- After a drought had ruined crops in several Texas counties, Congress appropriated $10,000 to purchase seed grain for farmers there.
- A severe drought ruined two consecutive crops, killed livestock and drove already high food prices beyond what many families could afford.
- A severe drought has ruined the carrot crop up north in Bugs Bunny's northern home.
- When the 1875 drought ruined the livestock industry, Freeman turned to dry farming.
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