char
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When you try to set fire to wood treated with Burnblock, the material forms a protective layer of char, explains Mr Bay-Smidt.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Their pancakes are crazy with the char on the edges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
If you’re feeling theatrical, hit the top with a torch for a kiss of char.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Because jacarandas across the county sustained significant bark char and crown damage, L.A.’s purple bloom was down some patches this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
When she had her handmaids char the horsemeat black, the dragons ripped at it eagerly, their heads striking like snakes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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
But this time, Spears chars her publicly despised ex-boyfriend with accusations of cultural appropriation.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
He chars the raw noodles in a skillet.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Temperature, weather, ordinary shock have absolutely no effect on it; in fire it simply chars and doesn't explode.
From The Cab of the Sleeping Horse by John Reed Scott
In 2015, he demonstrated the successful digital unrolling of a charred scroll recovered from a synagogue that burned around 600 C.E.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Back at Cannock Chase, the small team is working to try and restore the charred landscape and also improve fire breaks and access for fire engines for when the next wildfire season starts.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
I followed him into the house, with its charred walls, ceiling and flooring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Residents picked their way through the debris of charred houses, strewn with crumpled sheets of metal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I could see a group of kids milling about in the glass and trash and charred wood that littered the streets.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
Images captured by divers shortly after splashdown, along with follow-up checks aboard the recovery ship, show that the charring seen during Artemis I was significantly reduced in both size and amount.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
An unlikely, spicy, crunchy retooling of spaghetti with chili-spiked tomato sauce, it requires cooking the pasta and the sauce in the same pan, to the point of charring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Ean's cause of death could not be determined but a forensic pathologist told the court there were areas of charring to soft tissue and bone.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
On Dec. 27, 1956, a wildfire broke out near Zuma Beach, eventually charring 26,000 acres and destroying 100 homes.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2025
“Just blisters. Painful, but no charring, no long-term loss of mobility.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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