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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

After a bit of a reprieve from an oppressively hot summer, another heat wave is set to scorch Southern California this week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

There are still four large scorch marks where four vehicles were discovered burnt out.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

He moved one pair that was too close to her nose, hoping his mother wouldn't notice the little scorch marks.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

It is a drama like the blue heart of a flame; it looks like winter even as it scorches you.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020

It scorches my blood and sears my thoughts.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Wind-whipped flames scorched multi-million dollar homes south of Los Angeles on Friday as a wildfire quickly ravaged hundreds of acres.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 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

In his parents’ yard, he spots “a fresh, red-barked branch shooting out of the scorched manzanita — a sign of life returning.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

But subsequent investigation found that 60% to 80% of the grove’s trees were scorched, according to a report released Tuesday from the fire’s Burned Area Emergency Response team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Between the edge of the burned forest and the mountains, a rocky slope of heavy boulders and scree was littered with scorched and twisted metal: girders and struts that had belonged to some complex machine.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

A scorching hot planet nearly 320 light-years from Earth has provided the first direct evidence for a fundamental assumption about how planets form.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“A scorching mid-September may enhance the seasonal cliff in power sector gas burns ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 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

Nestor appeared enthroned among his sons, while friends around them skewered the red beef or held it scorching.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer