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Meanwhile, at Portchester Castle in Hampshire, the warm conditions have led to parch marks revealing the outline of a Tudor storehouse.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Griffith cast a malevolent parch over the throats of local fandom by stating that inasmuch as beer never had been sold in his park, it would not now,” The Washington Post reported, sadly.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

Perhaps we, too, are mosses, evolving to the parch of our self-made Mojaves.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 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

During several months, indeed, we are scorched by unremitting heats, which parch the ground, dry up the rivers, and afflict both men and animals with intolerable thirst.

From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas

The unusual intensity of some of the fires underlines the increasing risk the continent faces as climate change parches vegetation and makes the emergencies more extreme, scientists say.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021

When the chicks are older and the summer sun parches the landscape, she will lead them to higher altitudes for water and cooler temperatures.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018

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

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2018

Here we encounter again the three-headed Orthros under the identical title of Vritra, "he who shrouds or envelops," called also Cushna, "he who parches," Pani, "the robber," and Ahi, "the strangler."

From Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology by Fiske, John

Dr Alan Puttock, from the University of Exeter in Devon, said dams and ponds created by the mammals held water, slowed its flow and provided refuge for wildlife struggling in the parched countryside.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

He arranged the private screening to symbolically request Robert De Niro’s blessing to play the dangerously charismatic Max Cady, an ex-con parched for revenge against those who had a hand in his imprisonment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Conditions in the most parched areas of the United Kingdom could worsen before they improve, according to the latest forecasts.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

The disasters, coming at the peak of the summer vacation period when tourists flock to both countries, were fuelled by woodlands parched to tinder by successive heatwaves and lack of rain since May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

The harmattan wind parched my throat, and I had to keep going to the lake for water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

With climate change parching the land and increasing wildfire hazards, scientists are beginning to use cutting-edge technology and computer modeling to make controlled, low-intensity burns safer, more effective and less disruptive to nearby communities.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2022

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