scald
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I eat it standing, careful not to scald my tongue.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Hold the burn or scald under cool running water for 15 to 30 minutes, or until the pain feels better.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
When this anger boiled over, it threatened to scald more than the British.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
He noted a major concern was the overheating asphalt, which could scald paws.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
It was hot enough to scald my tongue, but the heat of the cup warmed my hands as I stole a look at the drawing on the box.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Page views on burns and scalds and how to treat them increased by 50% compared to the week before Christmas to 2,748 from 1,782.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Sy Baumgartner, a 70-year-old professor of philosophy at Princeton, scalds his hand at the stove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
Taking the play in is like sipping a rarefied eau de vie, the kind that scalds as it cools.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2019
One twin falls down the crumbling stairs of her Calcutta house and breaks her ankle; the other scalds her thigh on a tipped cup of coffee in a European station.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
This time it's an acidic substance that scalds my throat and makes its way into my nose as well.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"He looked like he'd been scalded by hot water," the mother of three told the BBC.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
A South Los Angeles woman is suing Starbucks for negligence after she claims she was scalded at a drive-through window in Lynwood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
He worked the first three innings scoreless, allowing a scalded double to Yordan Alvarez in the first inning for the only hit.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
So McDonald's had a responsibility not to make coffee that burned you, that scalded you.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023
When the cream was ready, Ma scalded the long wooden churn-dash, put it in the churn, and dropped the wooden churn-cover over it.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
So even if scalding hot drinks might increase someone's risk, the chances of them developing the cancer are still low.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The title invokes the container for holding scalding liquid metal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
The windows were leaky, which means big trouble in North Dakota’s frigid winters and scalding summers.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
“Starbucks has shown a reckless disregard for the safety of its customers, continuing to serve scalding hot coffee in defective cups despite countless reports and warnings,” Evans’ attorney Nick Rowley said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
A deep-dish sit-down in a tub with scalding water is a pure joy.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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