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- verb   Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parch .
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Examples
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								KANSAS CITY—Kansas is on track to harvest a below-average wheat crop as a severe drought parches the country's top producer of bread wheat. Drought Caps Kansas Wheat Tom Polansek 2011 
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								The camp has registered over 1,000 newcomers a day as a drought parches the region this summer. 
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								Trucoteca cubre todas tus necesidades para mantenerte actualizado con los últimos parches, las noticias recientes y por supuesto fotos, demos y videos de los juegos que vendrán. Archive 2008-11-01 2008 
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								This medicine shop run as a profit organization complying with all legal bindings and helping house maids by providing medicine in parches price or free in some cases. Help MITA 2009 
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								This medicine shop run as a profit organization complying with all legal bindings and helping house maids by providing medicine in parches price or free in some cases. Help MITA 2009 
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								As it develops it gets even drier, echoing the shimmering heat of the midday sun as it mercilessly parches everything under its power. Midnight at the Oasis: Tauer Perfumes L’Air du Desert Marocain Marina Geigert 2009 
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								Even sleeping through a sprinkling provided by the hose wielder giving the newly opening New England Asters a long drink before the heat of the day parches their thirst. 
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								As it develops it gets even drier, echoing the shimmering heat of the midday sun as it mercilessly parches everything under its power. Archive 2009-05-01 Marina Geigert 2009 
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								Of yestertempest's creases; 'in pool and rut peel parches 
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								Worsening monsoons tear away topsoil; drought parches land for years on end. Mort Rosenblum: India at 60, Monsoons, Weddings and Yet More Misery 2008 
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