scald
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I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
If they get a burn or scald that is very large or deep, is on the face, genitals or bottom, the NHS advises to contact your nearest A&E or to call 999.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Leo’s veterinarian said in his case file that he had been losing weight throughout the year and had urine scald, a condition the vet said couldn’t be treated in the lab setting.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
“You have to scald the tomatoes and then you smash them!”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Her famous parting words as the doctor leads her away, “Whoever you are — I have always depended on the kindness of strangers,” scalds anew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Page views on burns and scalds and how to treat them also increased.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
While scalds and falls on tile can inflict serious harm in the bathroom, modern kitchen appliances and gadgets offer many more opportunities for injury.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013
This time it's an acidic substance that scalds my throat and makes its way into my nose as well.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023
Human skin has millions of receptors that sense when they are poked or pressed, squeezed or scalded.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2023
The hot coffee scalded my mouth but I gulped it down and made my escape to the garden.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
The building’s windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
“Starbucks has shown a reckless disregard for the safety of its customers, continuing to serve scalding hot coffee in defective cups despite countless reports and warnings,” Evans’ attorney Nick Rowley said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
And then suddenly—WHOOSH—they were out of the scalding heat, out of the roaring, crackling din of the inferno.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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