burning question
Example Sentences
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Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
A burning question now is, when will the court rule?
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
I think that leaves us with the burning question you and I are now asking every week: Are the justices really that naive and credulous?
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
For conservationists, the ferocious Franklin fire and other recent blazes raise a burning question: Is it possible to break this feedback loop and turn the clock back on an increasingly flammable ecosystem?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024
I’m silent, watching her, wanting to ask the burning question I’ve held on to since I figured out Abby died.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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