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A first course of kampachi arrived dressed with arctic char roe, ground cherry, serrano, ponzu, and cucumber — buttery and delicate, with a bright, precise balance that lingered just long enough.

From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2026

First Graphene says it works by forming a protective gas barrier, preventing the release of volatile compounds prior to ignition, and also a char layer should ignition occur.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

The smokiness, the char... it just makes everything taste better.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025

Canadian Mike Weir in 2004 featured elk, wild boar and Arctic char.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

The loaves would bake and the little piece would char.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Avcoat is a mix of silica fibers, phenolic microballoons, and epoxy resin that chars and erodes, removing heat away.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s like in forest fires where big, old-growth trees survive by charcoaling. The exterior chars, but the inside survives.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

He chars the raw noodles in a skillet.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

The near-direct heat chars the peaks of the skewered meat, and the valleys catch little pools of caramelizing sauce.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

The very wick of your lamp, that conducts the oil to the flame, chars, and you have to cut it off bit by bit until the longest coil is at length exhausted.

From John the Baptist by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

"There were some 48 homes here, they burned," he said, surrounded by charred earth and trees blanketed with a persistent smell of smoke.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Images from the scene hours after the crash showed scores of emergency service workers sorting through charred rubble in an attempt to find survivors.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The creamy, savory sauce pairs beautifully with both the meat and the charred vegetables.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

To the south, what remained of the Lineage warehouse loomed on the horizon just over the 5 freeway, its burnt-out walls covered in white plastic sheets and its charred roof still exposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

The ceilings of some of the rooms in Montclair bore charred, black circles, in mute testimony to his intrepidity as an exploder.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Which explains the recycling of the Artemis I heat shield, despite the charring incurred, albeit with a modified re-entry approach intended to reduce the stress on the module.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Modelling suggests this should reduce the heating and loads that caused extra charring, but this will be the first time the revised descent is flown with a crew.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

As quickly as the Sunset fire started charring through Runyon Canyon in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, an AI-generated photo of the Hollywood sign ablaze was rapidly circulating on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025

I also love charring sautéed vegetables on high heat with soy sauce, using that nice, charred aroma to flavor them.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

She repeats this process over and over, working until the cloth burns without charring, remaining bright and white within the flame.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern