scald
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I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Hold the burn or scald under cool running water for 15 to 30 minutes, or until the pain feels better.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Leo’s veterinarian said in his case file that he had been losing weight throughout the year and had urine scald, a condition the vet said couldn’t be treated in the lab setting.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
“You have to scald the tomatoes and then you smash them!”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Page views on burns and scalds and how to treat them also increased.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
While scalds and falls on tile can inflict serious harm in the bathroom, modern kitchen appliances and gadgets offer many more opportunities for injury.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2013
The day in and day out of needle pricks, scalds, and raw-skinned hands from cooking and scrubbing was wearing on me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
He worked the first three innings scoreless, allowing a scalded double to Yordan Alvarez in the first inning for the only hit.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
So hot that you could be scalded by the first blast of sunbaked water to come out of the garden hose.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023
Mama Ya-Ya gets up, and picks up the pot of scalded milk from the stove’s back burner.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Meanwhile, his shower alternated between freezing cold and "scalding hot".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The unseasonable heat will linger into Friday, weaken slightly over the weekend and then dial up to scalding again next week, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
The building’s windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
It was Minya they feared, her icy tantrums, her scalding disappointment, and her they were used to obeying.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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