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The schoolgirl was named a Games MVP on Sunday to cap an extraordinary showing that saw her scorch to gold in the 200m butterfly and do the 200m-400m individual medley double.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Faint scorch marks could have formed when the pot was originally fired, or they may have appeared later if the vessel was set close to a fire to warm individual servings of food.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models crossing Jones’s desk appear at first glance to be completely fine—no broken screen, no scorch marks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

A record-breaking heat wave will scorch Southern California this week, raising temperatures up to 35 degrees above normal for March and heightening concerns about heat-related illness and deaths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

The wind had died and already die sun was beginning to scorch.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

While it has been widely reported that the helicopters' exhaust scorches grass, Trump added Monday that the airflow is so powerful, the lawn actually "gets ripped out."

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

For milder burns and scorches on stainless steel and aluminum pans, you can usually make do with a few pantry staples.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2021

Pain is what makes things real, from the sweat on the kitchen staff’s brows down to the spiciness of the cuisine that scorches the tongue.

From Washington Post ● May 15, 2019

It scorches my blood and sears my thoughts.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting, increased to 39% Friday evening, according to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Large areas of the forest floor have been scorched.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Pluskalowski has recently become obsessed with making a taco shell from tahdig, the scorched rice at the bottom of a pot of Persian rice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two months after the country's largest blaze since 1949 broke out, authorities said Monday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

He searched his scorched brain for just the right words and rolled over on his back and flopped an arm across his eyes.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

But new observations reveal that the atmospheres surrounding some of these scorching alien worlds can have surprisingly uneven shapes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I’m not a visionary,” the actor and activist said during an interview on a scorching July afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

At least 35,000 excess deaths have been linked to the scorching heat waves in Europe over the summer, though that is likely an undercount.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

The neighborhoods become particularly clogged with Ferraris, Lamborghinis and McLarens bearing Middle East plates in the summer, as their drivers escape the Gulf’s scorching heat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

“Tales of tears in the earth and sky, waves of heat scorching bodies whole. I am old enough to remember it, and I can tell you, it was a terrible thing to behold.”

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray