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 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
A heat wave will bake Southern California through Thursday, boosting the mercury to dangerously high levels in some inland areas and parching vegetation that could serve as fuel for brush fires, forecasters say.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2020
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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