searing
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The searing heat could also lead to power cuts, rail and air travel delays, and cause serious health impacts such as dehydration and heat exhaustion.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
South Korea is sweltering in a streak of searing weather -- new all-time highs set three times over the past week alone, peaking at 42.5C on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Take this perfect steak, she says, and no—don’t prepare it in the conventional way, searing in a hot pan and finishing in the oven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Luna woke in the dark with a searing headache.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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