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Recent Examples of sunbaked
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.
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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
Locals in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley are lining up for a chance to drink and dine at the Global Ambassador, the stylishly decadent new hotel bringing an international elegance to this sunbaked slice of the Southwest.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2024
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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
Locals in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Paradise Valley are lining up for a chance to drink and dine at the Global Ambassador, the stylishly decadent new hotel bringing an international elegance to this sunbaked slice of the Southwest.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunbaked
Adjective
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This hilarious odyssey of a parched protagonist reminds us that sometimes our relative sacrifices for the greater good can be tempered by small mercies along the way.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Prompt Inaccurate Air Quality Predictions 'Unheard-of' Storm Brings Months of Rain to 2 States In the pictures, an alligator is seen sitting in a largely evaporated pond in southwest Florida, and the parched Everglades are seen from aerial helicopter shots.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Officials believe the Palisades fire was first detected around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 as high winds sent flames racing over the bone-dry terrain.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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His tone can be professorial with occasional flashes of bone-dry humor.—
Matina Stevis-Gridneff,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Sunbaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunbaked. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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