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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

A potentially dangerous, record-setting heat wave is forecast to scorch Southern California on Thursday and Friday, with triple-digit highs possible in many spots across the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Footage filmed shortly afterwards showed heavy damage to the building, with scorch marks visible on the walls and smoke slowly rising from the exterior.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

“In a physical attack, you can crash into drones, trap them in a net or scorch them with a laser,” said Andres Gomez, an electronics engineer at Aeronautical Industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

“About the prairie fires? About how sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over?”

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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 a long brown finger oh the newspaper.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

That included biotech’s Moderna, whose boffo cancer therapy results launched its stock up 177% on Wednesday and scorched short sellers betting on its decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

The climate statistics also feature on the front page, revealing 1,205 wildfires have scorched the UK this year, 38 homes burned in Stourbridge, 19 of which were destroyed, and 10.5mm of rain since 1 July.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the scorched earth below.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

I cannot erase the image of that scorched cell from my mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

He returned to the ring around the bed and filled his hands and pockets with the salt that had scorched the intruder the night before.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

A French visitor to California has died after his vehicle broke down on a remote road in scorching Death Valley heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Romania halted operations of its only nuclear plant on Thursday, a rare shutdown due to a drought scorching Europe that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The heat and the stench of burnt hair and scorching hide drove us back.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson