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scorch

[skawrch] / skɔrtʃ /


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Scorch marks could be seen in the upstairs window of a property in Ballyferis Walk in the Kilcooley estate in Bangor.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023

It was a surprise hit and a follow-up — “The Scorch Trials” — started filming a month after the first one was released.

From New York Times • May 27, 2018

That’s still about 20% lower than the opening for its 2015 predecessor “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials,” reflecting American moviegoers’ waning interest in young-adult sci-fi movies in the “Hunger Games” vein.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2018

High walls surround the Glade, and beyond them is a deadly mechanical maze, through which Thomas leads a group to a desert, known as the Scorch, to their apparent rescue.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2018

He could only sit and stare out the window into the rain and blackness, pondering words like Flare and sickness and experiment and Scorch and WICKED.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner




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