scorcher

Example Sentences

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Wicks finds the poetry in wading through waist-high waters on a frigid February morning or in turning the cages on a July afternoon scorcher.

From New York Times

It’s not just the Pacific Northwest experiencing yet another brutal scorcher.

From Seattle Times

By this past decade, that number had jumped to 10 scorchers each year.

From Seattle Times

It is virtually impossible that heat waves like the Pacific Northwest’s June scorcher would have occurred without climate change, according to a recent analysis by the World Weather Attribution collaboration.

From Scientific American

Potentially record-breaking temperatures are on their way to wide swaths of Southern California — a scorcher scientists say is clearly tied to climate change and could be lethal for those unprepared.

From Los Angeles Times