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Recent Examples of singe
Underneath bitcoin's near all-time highs, many investors remain singed and sidelined from crypto winter's effects.
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
The fire was 34% contained as of Monday morning and has singed over 400,000 acres and destroyed 640 structures, the Redding Record Searchlight — a part of the USA TODAY Network — reported.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
In addition to the Quarry and Stone Canyon fires, Colorado is also grappling with the Alexander Mountain Fire, which has singed more than 5,000 acres north of Denver and was 0% contained as of Tuesday.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 31 July 2024
Their process stays true to the past: Wool is woven, charred to singe loose ends, then repeatedly washed and dried for softness.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2024
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Lucinda Shen, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
The fire was 34% contained as of Monday morning and has singed over 400,000 acres and destroyed 640 structures, the Redding Record Searchlight — a part of the USA TODAY Network — reported.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
In addition to the Quarry and Stone Canyon fires, Colorado is also grappling with the Alexander Mountain Fire, which has singed more than 5,000 acres north of Denver and was 0% contained as of Tuesday.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 31 July 2024
Their process stays true to the past: Wool is woven, charred to singe loose ends, then repeatedly washed and dried for softness.
—Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singe
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His striking work, Protest, depicts the bloodshed of Sri Lanka’s long civil war, using books that are charred or rendered illegible, often decorated with symbolic or figurative objects, like toy-soldier figurines marching across a soiled page.—
Thessaly La Force,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2025
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When a fire charred Gabrielle Ross' face, hand and arm, doctors in Middle Tennessee treated her wounds using something with special healing powers − the placenta donated by a mother after the baby's delivery.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Lessons learned from wildfires that scorched local canyon communities in the recent past — the Coastal fire, the Aliso fire and the Bond fire — were pulled in and law enforcement personnel from Pasadena spoke about their experiences in the Eaton fire in January.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
10 July 2025
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That ridge is currently parked over Arizona, acting like a giant atmospheric lid creating scorching daytime temperatures and warm nights beneath.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
9 July 2025
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This message is baked into startup culture, tech media, and investor preferences.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Wimbledon baked in its hottest-ever opening day on Monday, but the unprecedented London heat didn’t stop players from putting on a show on the grass.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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“Singe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singe. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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