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Recent Examples of parch The combination of extremely dry weather, intense heat, parched land and lightning strikes in western Colorado has been the recipe for most of this year’s major blazes. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025 The mission that sparked a wave of online conspiracies was meant to help parched farmland. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2025 Since the bottle is so tiny and portable, this has been my go-to for long plane journeys as a final step to prevent my skin from feeling parched after applying sunscreen. Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parch
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Verb
  • Dry mode is great for laundry rooms where clothes need to dry on racks quickly, and continuous mode is ideal for basements that are continuously humid.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • It's rinsed, dried, and placed in a roasting pan.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • On a late summer morning in the Pacific Palisades, dozens of hummingbirds rise from the ashes of Spencer Pratt‘s scorched hillside property, where his 2,200-square-foot, three-bedroom home once perched.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Prolonged exposure or the uneven heating of the microwave can also cause the wax to scorch or smoke, creating a potential fire hazard.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Parch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parch. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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