parching
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The Mill fire — one of at least three sizable California wildfires to ignite in the past three days — came as a massive heat wave roasted the West, parching the landscape.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022
In addition, a severe drought is parching Italy.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 17, 2022
After a summer of record-smashing heat, parching drought, and roaring wildfires, devastating rains fell on the region from October to December, causing flash floods and mudslides that trapped hundreds of people.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2021
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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