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have seared

  • present perfect of sear.

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He put together a drive against Kansas State that might have seared itself into lore had TCU won — and might just anyway — rushing for 95 yards during the game-tying march.

From Washington Post Dec. 30, 2022

But the images from this town an hour’s drive from Kyiv have seared themselves into global consciousness like no other.

From Seattle Times Apr. 9, 2022

Few events of the Korean War have seared the psyche of older South Koreans as deeply as the Hungnam evacuation, which they saw as a symbol of wartime calamity and humanitarian grace.

From New York Times Sep. 5, 2021

Already, more than 5,000 fires have seared through more than 140,000 acres of the state’s parched, sun-baked vegetation, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2021

In my time I have been compelled to listen to words that have seared my very soul, words that drove me desperate, and made me what I am.

From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.