scorch
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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
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
“The Scorch Trials,” the sequel to “Maze,” offered yet another disappointment for the YA genre, taking home 20 percent less domestically than its forerunner.
From Salon • Jul. 24, 2016
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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