burning up
Example Sentences
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Anthropic has better revenue reports, but it’s also burning up capital way faster than it’s making money.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
He initially thought it was space trash burning up in the atmosphere, at a safe distance hundreds of miles away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
As a result, objects in this region are now experiencing less drag than they did decades ago — which means they are staying up longer, and fewer are completely burning up on reentry.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025
“It wasn’t that we weren’t prepared, ... we can’t stop Mother Nature from burning up the pump.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024
To keep the lye from burning up my scalp, I had to stick my head into the stool and flush and flush to rinse out the stuff.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
