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verb

present participle of scorch

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Recent Examples of scorching
Verb
Stray animals are also at risk of suffering from heat exhaustion during scorching summers. Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently to avoid scorching the milk. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024 One of the biggest questions in 2025 is what happens to AI leader Nvidia after another year of scorching market appreciation and record-setting earnings. Samantha Subin, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024 After publicly scorching the Park District for their policies, the music festival stormed out of Chicago for the SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview. Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024 Sundresses, shorts, and short sleeves are ideal for scorching days but might make a low temperature indoors a bit more uncomfortable. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2024 The only thing to watch out for, aside from the sharp food processor blade, is scorching the cream mixture. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024 Iran was, of course, never going to submit the dissident filmmaker’s scorching indictment of Iranian patriarchy to the Oscars. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024 The devastating blaze had reached 99% containment earlier this month after scorching 55,000 acres in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorching
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Adjective
  • Pritzker — who was rumored to be on the shortlist to be former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate last year — issued a searing rebuke of the Trump administration, in his address.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Her viral speech in Minneapolis in 2020 remains one of the most searing indictments of state violence in recent memory.
    Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • South Florida: While the region is expected to experience another hot and dry day besides a few stray late afternoon showers, there is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. April 29.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In cities that have an uneven distribution of foliage, neighborhoods featuring more greenery can offer a relative cooling effect, enabling residents to better withstand dangerously hot summers.
    Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • For answers to more burning questions about Season 2, plus Season 3 clues (including which Season 1 character will be coming back), read Deadline’s interview with The Night Agent showrunner Shawn Ryan.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The core, which is made up of molten iron, generates electrical currents.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Recent research, however, has proposed a promising answer: the molten Martian core likely generated a magnetic field that only covered the Red Planet’s southern hemisphere.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Scorching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorching. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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