parching
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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
“California taxpayers,” he added, “shouldn’t have to foot the bill for billions of dollars in damages — wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2023
The Mill fire — one of at least three sizable California wildfires to ignite in the past three days — came as a massive heat wave roasted the West, parching the landscape.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022
In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
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
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