as in hushes
to stop talking
sick of her constant complaining, he angrily told her to dry up
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Recent Examples of dries up
As reservoirs shrink, groundwater dries up and rainy seasons become more erratic, some believe one answer to this crisis lies in the reservoirs of moisture in our skies.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Cores under the Mediterranean Sea itself revealed minerals such as gypsum and rock salt that are commonly deposited when salty water dries up.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
When the government caps rent, investment dries up, developers walk away, and housing supply shrinks.
—Ben Proto, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Cores under the Mediterranean Sea itself revealed minerals such as gypsum and rock salt that are commonly deposited when salty water dries up.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
When the government caps rent, investment dries up, developers walk away, and housing supply shrinks.
—Ben Proto, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dries up
hushes
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Autumn hushes the Codrii forest, where mushrooms push through damp soil and the air smells of woodsmoke and moss.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Dries up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dries%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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