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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

A neighbouring property in the street sustained scorch damage, according to police.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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 potentially dangerous, record-setting heat wave is forecast to scorch Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, with some triple-digit highs possible — up to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

And Lazlo wasn’t a creature of anger or envy, but he felt the scorch of both—as though his veins were fuses and they were burning through him, leaving paths of ash in their wake.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini 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 Hammond B3 swells on the verse’s first pass, sticking close to the song’s melody, but on the second, it jumps an octave in an improvisation that nearly scorches the ear.

From Salon ● May 15, 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

The soaking spring nourishing the Jeffrey pines and sagebrush is giving way to a desert dry as soaring heat scorches the new growth into blankets of kindling.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 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

Much-needed rain brought some respite Monday to firefighters on their fourth day battling Belgium's worst wildfire in a century, which has scorched vast expanses of nature reserve on the German border.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The fire began Sunday morning in the Los Padres National Forest southeast of the neighborhood of Loma Vista and quickly scorched 400 acres, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Big, scorched shreds of our shirts came away with the soot.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

He said firefighters were working in gear designed to protect them from external heat, as well as coping with the scorching temperatures of the blaze itself.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The scorching temperatures disrupted major events across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent and the first two months of summer have been marked by successive heatwaves, scorching temperatures and bone-dry conditions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Outside, the sun was shining, scorching the asphalt of driveways.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black