torching
Example Sentences
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In the space of a single offseason, returning largely the same core, they morphed into a superteam, torching their opponents by 8.3 points nightly en route to a 62-20 record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
As the criminals angrily described it to the BBC, "they yanked their own plug - tanking sales, burning logistics, and torching shareholder value".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
After torching their rent-controlled apartment in one of their more disastrous schemes, Mac and Dennis are forced to relocate, landing in a cookie-cutter home an hour outside of Philadelphia.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
I also find myself wondering whether a justice speaking out within the confines of a dissent—as opposed to, say, setting her robes on fire—is truly torching institutions or even institutional norms.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025
Only the torching and the fat fellow arrived by the front door; the rest came by secret ways, through tunnels and hidden passages.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
