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Recent Examples of sunbaked
Martin may have left Westeros unfinished, but in this sunbaked enclave, his world-building continues apace — one real estate acquisition at a time.
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Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
The couple was murdered that same day On a sunbaked afternoon in the quiet hills of Encino, a nightmare unfolded behind the white stucco walls of a music-world power couple’s upscale home.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 21 July 2025
Instead, an occasionally bleak corniche winds down the coast from a state-of-the-art seaport — strategically placed 70 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz — past a dusty, sunbaked town of old office towers, hotels, the obligatory shopping mall, and streets of low-rise shops and houses.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Ingrid Schmidt, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2025
The couple was murdered that same day On a sunbaked afternoon in the quiet hills of Encino, a nightmare unfolded behind the white stucco walls of a music-world power couple’s upscale home.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 21 July 2025
Instead, an occasionally bleak corniche winds down the coast from a state-of-the-art seaport — strategically placed 70 kilometers from the Strait of Hormuz — past a dusty, sunbaked town of old office towers, hotels, the obligatory shopping mall, and streets of low-rise shops and houses.
—Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.
—Arkansas Online, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbaked
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Winter is just days away, and our chronically parched hands are already taking a big hit from these dry, frigid temps.—
Jessie Quinn,
StyleCaster,
19 Dec. 2025
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The parched Rio Grande Valley watched a once-staple industry flicker out.—
Newsweek Editors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Friedman also mentioned the Wennberg deal, along with Philadelphia’s extension with Christian Dvorak (five years, $5.15 million AAV), as proof that Kotkaniemi’s contract could be palatable to teams in need of a center — a market that is bone-dry with several teams looking for help.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Fire was eating up the bone-dry hillsides of the Pacific Palisades, and Eaton, just at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Sunbaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbaked. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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