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His skin, meanwhile, is scorched and smoking in the sunlight.—
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
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The Panthers, in turn, went 15-1 and then scorched through the playoffs before falling short in the Super Bowl against the Broncos.—
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It can be used on any vegetable that can be parboiled.—
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
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Acorn squash can be baked, roasted, or steamed for a tasty side dish.—
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The skewers of meat brushed with soy and roasted over coals on Belém’s streets arrived with Japanese migration to the region from the 1930s onward.—
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Distilled water is water that has been boiled, causing the water molecules to return to a gaseous state and then condense back into liquid.—
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Then, the heat generated would have boiled the water away, removing the natural neutron moderator, shutting down the reactor – until things cooled off and water again flowed in among the rocks.—
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Spread on baking sheet and roast for 10 to 15 minutes until slightly charred.—
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Roast until cabbage is tender and edges are lightly charred, 15 to 20 minutes more.—
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This hearty lunch is made with ground beef and Italian sausage, plus rich beef broth and jarred pasta sauce for a weekday-friendly recipe that tastes like it simmered for hours.—
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Amid the tumult, peacemaking remains difficult and, in many regions, conflicts that simmered for years are spreading.—
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Police are asking the public for help to find a suspect who fatally shot one person and injured three others in the Town of Strasburg, around 30 miles east of Aurora.—
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The Northwest Avalanche Center, which arrived on the scene to help assess the accident, said one of the survivors was injured after being partially buried by the avalanche.—
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“Scalded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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