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scorcher

skawr cher

  • n  an extremely hot day
  • n  a very hard hit ball

  • The first Ramadan is thought to have occurred during the middle of summer, explaining why the root of its name translates into Arabic as "the scorcher.
  • The novel is a scorcher about prosperous New Jersey parents whose picture-perfect life is destroyed when their daughter becomes a terrorist.
  • Yet coalition members must find a new hero, and Kemp auditioned for the role by delivering an anti-Communist scorcher instead of his usual abstruse speech about free-market .
News & Articles

  • McKinley Playground Volunteers Brave the Heat
    SACRAMENTO– The last weekend push by volunteers to finish rebuilding the McKinley Playground didn’t go as planned, as triple digit temperatures caused a bit more suffering. But, the project is on schedule. “This was a scorcher compared to what we …
    June 9, 2013 - FOX40 Sacramento
  • After drought, people may feel swarmed by bugs
    After last year's scorcher of a summer, UW entomologist Phil Pellitteri said this mosquito season could seem much worse than normal. "After a particularly light year, as they said, normal mosquitoes, people just don't have fun with them,” Pellitteri said. Pellitteri said cooler weather has helped keep the pest population out of sight.  He said the temperatures stunt their development, and even ...
    June 8, 2013 - WISC-TV Madison
  • Nature's thermostat set to broil
    It's supposed to be a scorcher, with predicted highs of 106 in Modesto, Patterson and Turlock. In Merced, it's supposed to be even a degree hotter than that.
    June 8, 2013 - Modesto Bee
Quotes

  • David Atlee Phillips in Globe and Mail
    From Calgary to Regina to Winnipeg, "it was a scorcher," Mr. Phillips said.
  • Bob Arum in 15rounds.com
    I am very excited about this world title fight. My matchmakers tell me Arnaoutis and Torres will be a real scorcher of a match,said Bob Arum of Top Rank.
  • Lilli Gruber in guardian.co.uk
    I have soundly beaten the owner of Italian television,Ms Gruber told journalists. "Yes, me, a journalist from the much berated public service television. I've given him a real scorcher. Ladies and gentlemen, the Berlusconi boat is letting...

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