parching
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This manifested throughout 2024 in so-called “weird weather,” from unusually extreme hurricanes and floods to intense heat waves, parching droughts and unprecedented wildfires.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
The drought has been particularly devastating for European agriculture, which was already suffering from an abnormally dry spring season, parching crops, making it harder to feed livestock and raising worries about reduced harvests.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2022
In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
He says the authorities may soon be caught out by La Niña, a sodden period which often follows El Niño’s parching.
From Economist • Apr. 28, 2016
They already had a pile of birds large enough to fill the biggest parching tray, which Angeline had fetched from the camp.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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