scorching

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The March temperature record in downtown Los Angeles was set in 1879 at a scorching 99 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

It required ignoring a scorching climate and unrest in the region going back decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Molecules move between scorching temperatures deep inside the planet and cooler regions above, shifting between different states and rearranging themselves through thousands of reactions.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

Broader industrial demand has remained a key contributor to Silver’s scorching rally, which has seen the white metal rise 40% over the past month alone, adding to a year-on-year gain of around 260%.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Flames came teeming from its mouth, and molten spit, and reeking, scorching smoke.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye