burner
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The burner uses an advanced form of pressure-gain combustion and surpassed NASA's previous record of 250 seconds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Retirement savings went on the back burner at age 50 when Ed Myrick’s son was born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Four months later she felt well enough to make a comeback, but the journey to the top has been a slow burner.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Just when it seemed like investors were putting their concerns about private credit on the back burner, private investing fears reignited Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
I switched off the burner and trotted back into the living room.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
Normally they use acid made by cooking imported sulfur in plants called burners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"We were using 300 kilos of wood a week, now it's about 450-600 kilos," he said, explaining that they had turned off the gas burners that help the ovens retain heat.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
Balance-sheet strength: Companies funding innovation through existing cash flows will be able to access capital more readily than cash burners.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026
The city has added heat pumps, biomass burners and electric boilers to a 1,400km network that links up nearly 90% of buildings in the Finnish capital, adds Mr Aaltonen.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
With a pair of kitchen tongs, Simon lifted the cannibal book from a vat of bubbling liquid that sat upon a makeshift stove, fashioned out of Bunsen burners from the Swanburne laboratory.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
