- present participle of scorch.
scorching
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But new observations reveal that the atmospheres surrounding some of these scorching alien worlds can have surprisingly uneven shapes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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
Much of that was due to the scorching heat throughout the Southland, which reached a heat index about 100 at the Coliseum on Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Evan thought of how hard he'd worked that week, in the blazing sun, in the scorching heat.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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