burner
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One of Istomin’s sorority sisters started a burner account so they could assess pages without giving anything away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
A charcoal ceramic incense burner molded to look like a studded belt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
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
Another oddity was my discovery, one afternoon, of a large copper pot bubbling on the back burner of the stove, a peculiar smell emanating from it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
He and his roommates would use up to six stove burners at a time to prepare meals together, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
It is also far from clear whether Intel’s agreements with Nvidia, Google or Apple will be barn burners in business terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The New Build Heat Standard requires "climate-friendly" heating systems to be installed, which can include wood burners as well as heat pumps or district heating.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 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
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
