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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

There is also what seems to be a large scorch mark on the road between Kardashynka and Hola Prystan' which first appeared sometime in late January.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

A potentially dangerous, record-setting heat wave is forecast to scorch Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday, with some triple-digit highs possible — up to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

“In a physical attack, you can crash into drones, trap them in a net or scorch them with a laser,” said Andres Gomez, an electronics engineer at Aeronautical Industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Victarion did not like this sea, nor these endless cloudless skies, nor the blazing sun that beat down on their heads and baked the decks until the boards were hot enough to scorch bare feet.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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 Hammond B3 swells on the verse’s first pass, sticking close to the song’s melody, but on the second, it jumps an octave in an improvisation that nearly scorches the ear.

From Salon ● May 15, 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

It is a drama like the blue heart of a flame; it looks like winter even as it scorches you.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020

It scorches my blood and sears my thoughts.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

The government agency found areas devoid of vegetation, dead wildlife and scorched bogs in an initial inspection of the damage.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

That included biotech’s Moderna, whose boffo cancer therapy results launched its stock up 177% on Wednesday and scorched short sellers betting on its decline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

In the town of Stourbridge in central England, images showed scorched fields and burnt out homes on Thursday, the UK's hottest day of the year so far.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

I cannot erase the image of that scorched cell from my mind.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

The rosewood handle was charred and scorched, but Will wrapped his hand in several folds of a shirt and did as Iorek told him.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

A French visitor to California has died after his vehicle broke down on a remote road in scorching Death Valley heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

But homeowners can see much bigger monthly bills during the scorching summer or freezing winter months, when they might run their heating or air-conditioning systems more aggressively.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Romania halted operations of its only nuclear plant on Thursday, a rare shutdown due to a drought scorching Europe that has caused the Danube river, whose waters cool the plant, to fall to record lows.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

July was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous U.S., the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday, dramatically marking an already scorching summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Reporter Joseph Chamberlin spent hours roaming the streets, often finding himself dodging showers of scorching sparks.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy