parch

The parch begins in autumn, just as trees across the region shed their colorful leaves—a highly flammable fuel for wildfires.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2023

The searing heat, blinding sun, and arid winds that parch the throat and can drive sand and grit into the eyes, make the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula a tough place to survive in.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2022

Both developments, he said, are caused by rising global temperatures, which intensify storms during some seasons, then parch the landscape during others.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022

Many have fled, heading to neighboring Iran or living in abject poverty in camps for the displaced within Afghanistan as repeated droughts parch the land and shrivel pastures.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

And the new day once more brings the blazing sun further to parch the land and plants.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)

Hot, dry weather parches the landscape, creating more fuel to feed fires.

From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021

As people move up the slopes a pattern repeats: drought parches the land, turning grass into kindling.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2018

As climate change parches more areas of the U.S., wildfires are increasing in frequency, and their season is starting earlier and lasting longer.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2016

Fever parches her lips, burns along her throat and eyelids; her ears are hot.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2013

Caesar, we starve: all Parthia parches: all   Our crops sun-smitten bleach upon the plains.

From Nero by Phillips, Stephen

While it may bring some relief to parched gardens, it will not be enough to stop a slide towards more widespread drought conditions.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Our chests feel tight," she told AFP, saying the smoke combined with recent searing heatwaves and parched fields left conditions feeling "eerie."

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

But farmers are drawing heavily from the waterways to irrigate fields parched by the heat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

Late-stage funds have a shorter time horizon to returning capital, a key consideration for many LPs parched for cash, said Angela Lai, vice president at Preqin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

He was in pain, and so parched that he could no longer swallow even a mouthful of food.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

This manifested throughout 2024 in so-called “weird weather,” from unusually extreme hurricanes and floods to intense heat waves, parching droughts and unprecedented wildfires.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

The trend is likely to continue as the climate grows warmer and drier, reducing snowpacks, increasing evaporation and parching soils that absorb runoff.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

And with the worst drought in 1,500 years parching the region, water anxiety is at an all-time high.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2021

He says the authorities may soon be caught out by La Niña, a sodden period which often follows El Niño’s parching.

From Economist ● Apr. 28, 2016

They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich