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searing

[seer-ing] / ˈsɪər ɪŋ /


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Searing winds pushed flames into the outskirts of Patras, the country's third-largest city with a population of around 200,000, forcing evacuations including a children's hospital, and sending plumes of smoke across the skyline.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

However, the colt, owned by Lee and Susan Searing, developed a fever and was scratched.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

Searing said that since the pandemic, many donors, foundations and nonprofit boards now see the importance of carrying over some funds from year to year to help nonprofits deal with unexpected circumstances.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Searing molten stones rained down on him from the sky.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

When Jerome Searing recovered consciousness he did not at once understand what had occurred.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose




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