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as in scorched
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Wildfires have prompted evacuations and scorched more than 500,000 acres (202,340 hectares).—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026 -
His skin, meanwhile, is scorched and smoking in the sunlight.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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It can be used on any vegetable that can be parboiled.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Nov. 2025
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Kevin Hart is gonna get roasted.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The mushroom is marinated for more than 24 hours before being roasted and then grilled over the wood fire and glazed with a ginger toast and black garlic sauce.—
Zareen Syed,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Jamaicans typically eat ripe plantain fried or boiled as a side dish.—
Andre Fowles,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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There, they are boiled with sugar and then made into a red bean paste to use in other recipes for pastries or other desserts.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2026
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The walls were charred black from the fire’s smoke.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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They were charred, covered in cotton sheets.—
Fazelminallah Qazizai,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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Serbia does not recognize the split and tensions have simmered ever since.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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After a wild few days with expletives and a brief rule change, tensions simmered and teams and players more or less moved on.—
Sallee Ann Harrison,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Officers responded to the scene and fired their weapons, but no one was injured by police fire.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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After Wentz got injured, and later McCarthy got injured for a second time last season, the Vikings were forced to start undrafted rookie Max Brosmer for two games, which were both losses.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Scalded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalded. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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