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Recent Examples of singe
At one point, Paul improvises a blowtorch and singes Carey’s face, leaving his peepers hairless.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Two homes flanking the Shultas Place residence were singed when winds fanned the flames outward, but firefighters were able to stop them from completely catching fire, the Hartford Courant reported.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Most of the books were singed but readable, with titles outlined in charcoal and price conveniently obliterated.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Images from the scene showed the family's umbrella singed and snapped in half, with other belongings damaged by the lightning strike.
—Kerry Breen
july 5, CBS News, 5 July 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Two homes flanking the Shultas Place residence were singed when winds fanned the flames outward, but firefighters were able to stop them from completely catching fire, the Hartford Courant reported.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Most of the books were singed but readable, with titles outlined in charcoal and price conveniently obliterated.
—Peter Wortsman
july 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Images from the scene showed the family's umbrella singed and snapped in half, with other belongings damaged by the lightning strike.
—Kerry Breen
july 5, CBS News, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singe
Verb
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Slices of bread, charred over high heat.—
Tammy Algood,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, which charred about a 10-by-10-foot patch of vegetation between the northbound and southbound lanes of South Mission Road near Airpark Road, Choi said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Slow-moving thunderstorms frequently unleash catastrophic downpours over the South Fork burn scar, a region still reeling from two fires that scorched over 15,000 acres and destroyed 1,400 structures.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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My throat was scorched, my tongue was swollen — and the acid would not stop coming.—
Jack Korngold,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
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And while other passive homes from the ’80s and ’90s were often flooded with light, reducing their efficiency, or involved complicated manual shading and cooling features, here the dome’s overhang blocks direct light, so the interiors are bright but don’t bake in the sun.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
30 Sep. 2025
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Transfer skillet to oven; bake until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion of pork registers 140°F, about 10 minutes.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Singe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singe. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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