scald
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I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The NHS advises to call 111 if your child has a burn or scald, and you are not sure what to do.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
He noted a major concern was the overheating asphalt, which could scald paws.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
She would ignore him outright when they passed in the halls, and kept a wide berth, as though if she strayed into his path, their proximity alone might scald her.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Page views on burns and scalds and how to treat them also increased.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Taking the play in is like sipping a rarefied eau de vie, the kind that scalds as it cools.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
The day in and day out of needle pricks, scalds, and raw-skinned hands from cooking and scrubbing was wearing on me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
He worked the first three innings scoreless, allowing a scalded double to Yordan Alvarez in the first inning for the only hit.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
Then she very nearly scalded herself in the newfangled bathtub, and had to be lifted out red faced and yelling by two terrified ladies’ maids.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
She says she did not pursue a complaint because she feared that being a junior member of the team, "chances were, I'd be booted off the production, and he may have only got a scalding".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
On a particularly scalding summer day, my friend wanted Chinese food, so I opted to get fried tofu with mixed vegetables and white rice delivered.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Though the ground around hydrothermal areas may appear solid, it is often fragile with scalding water lurking just below the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
The drink was scalding, and he could only take the smallest sip.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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