blackened
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Crows circled the blackened earth looking for seared animals to feast on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Already green shoots of bracken are bursting through the blackened earth and that will crowd out the traditional heather, bilberry and cowberry.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The aggressive Plaskett fire overtook the Timber fire in size, and together they have blackened more than 50,000 acres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Guosim’s face was bloated, the eyes screwed shut, the lips blackened.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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