Assertion: drought | /r/CapableOf | take hold
Facets:
value: of an area
type: LOCATION
value: slowly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: While much of the weather that we experience is brief and short-lived, drought is a more gradual phenomenon, slowly taking hold of an area and tightening its grip with time.
text: In 1999, Svoboda helped co-create the U.S. Drought Monitor, a valuable tool that helps us see where drought is creeping in and taking hold.