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The schoolgirl was named a Games MVP on Sunday to cap an extraordinary showing that saw her scorch to gold in the 200m butterfly and do the 200m-400m individual medley double.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Faint scorch marks could have formed when the pot was originally fired, or they may have appeared later if the vessel was set close to a fire to warm individual servings of food.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Temperatures are set to tumble this weekend as the fifth heatwave to scorch the UK this year comes to an end.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models crossing Jones’s desk appear at first glance to be completely fine—no broken screen, no scorch marks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

There was a black, bubbled scorch in the varnish of the night table beside his bed.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

While it has been widely reported that the helicopters' exhaust scorches grass, Trump added Monday that the airflow is so powerful, the lawn actually "gets ripped out."

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The scene in which Biff almost violently embraces Willy and tries—in vain—to make him discard his illusions scorches with its sadness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

For milder burns and scorches on stainless steel and aluminum pans, you can usually make do with a few pantry staples.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2021

The soaking spring nourishing the Jeffrey pines and sagebrush is giving way to a desert dry as soaring heat scorches the new growth into blankets of kindling.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2019

It scorches a long brown finger oh the newspaper.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Containment on the Bryson fire, which has scorched 147 acres near Encinal Canyon Road since igniting, increased to 39% Friday evening, according to officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Wind-whipped flames scorched multi-million dollar homes south of Los Angeles on Friday as a wildfire quickly ravaged hundreds of acres.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Pluskalowski has recently become obsessed with making a taco shell from tahdig, the scorched rice at the bottom of a pot of Persian rice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

As heatwaves scorched Europe this summer, workers at a US battery company noticed an uptick in demand.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The badger stared sadly at the scorched earth.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

A scorching hot planet nearly 320 light-years from Earth has provided the first direct evidence for a fundamental assumption about how planets form.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Once the fire was extinguished, Lineage was tasked with removing the 89 million pounds of meat and food stored inside as fast as possible before it spoiled in the scorching summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s not necessarily a perspective one expects to be accompanied by the kind of scorching guitar riffs adorning “Date Night.”

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

“A scorching mid-September may enhance the seasonal cliff in power sector gas burns ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Instead of shivering and worrying about frostbite, I was now sweating heavily beneath a scorching sun.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer