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Recent Examples of sunbaked
By mid-morning, the sunbaked terrace is flooded with tourists and townspeople drinking palest rosé before lunch service begins in earnest.
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Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Precious water As early summer temperatures soar above 90 degrees along the sunbaked beachfront, water has become a precious resource.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
Bryant grew up piloting motorcycles on the sunbaked terrain of California’s San Gabriel Valley.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024
Members of the lineage leading to and including Neanderthals lived roughly 430,000 to 40,000 years ago in environments from Siberia’s tundra to the sunbaked beaches of the Mediterranean.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Precious water As early summer temperatures soar above 90 degrees along the sunbaked beachfront, water has become a precious resource.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
Bryant grew up piloting motorcycles on the sunbaked terrain of California’s San Gabriel Valley.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbaked
Adjective
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Southern California fire chiefs cautioned Friday that a season of devastating wildfires is all but guaranteed, amid parched conditions following a dry winter.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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In Australia’s arid center, those blotches represent a new inland sea, born from a deluge that has traveled hundreds of miles through the veins of a giant, parched continent.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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McMurtry muttering bone-dry jokes at the end of the world.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Although produced all over the world, whether your preference is for lusciously sweet or bone-dry wines, still or sparkling, there is a Riesling wine tailor-made for your palate.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Sunbaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbaked. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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