scorched
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Tommy Edman led off with a single, and then Betts scorched a 100.9-mph one-hopper at shortstop Cooper Pratt, who mishandled it, giving Betts a single to put two runners on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Will Joseph scorched past Immanuel Feyi-Waboso for a superb score.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
A wildfire that scorched 42,000 hectares in southwest France has finally been declared extinguished, two months after the country's largest blaze since 1949 broke out, authorities said Monday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
But subsequent investigation found that 60% to 80% of the grove’s trees were scorched, according to a report released Tuesday from the fire’s Burned Area Emergency Response team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The world was scorched and harrowed as far as they could see, a sea of ash and char from the flat planes of the fields up to the hills and mountains.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
