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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

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

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 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 snow and rain inself is better than a drought, that would parch the whole countryside, and bleach every blade of grass in the fields as white as linen.”

From The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables by Seumas O'Brien

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Great Salt Lake has already shrunk by two-thirds, as a broad swath of Utah around it parches.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022

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

Our feet are wet all day, while a hot sun shines down upon our heads, and the very air parches the skin like the hot air of an oven.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Henry Childs Merwin

It ignited near a hiking trail in the parched hills just northwest of the city on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

A scorching summer has shrunk rivers, parched crops and tested the continent’s infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The apple harvest in Germany is also expected to take a hit from the parched weather, Germany's Federal Statistical Office said in a report also released Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Daily Star follows with the same headline, showing a parched Ascot racecourse on its front page.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

A warm soft drizzle was falling over the parched meadows and dry woodland, bringing relief after the hot dry day, damping down the dust from the road.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

The drought has been particularly devastating for European agriculture, which was already suffering from an abnormally dry spring season, parching crops, making it harder to feed livestock and raising worries about reduced harvests.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

After a summer of record-smashing heat, parching drought, and roaring wildfires, devastating rains fell on the region from October to December, causing flash floods and mudslides that trapped hundreds of people.

From Salon ● Dec. 29, 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