burned out
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Despite his rapid rise to the top of the jazz world, Rollins felt burned out in 1959 and decided to take time off to work on what he felt were the limitations in his music.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
After leaving Earth and partying around the solar system, she winds up in one of the underground neighborhoods on Mars, thoroughly burned out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
However, BCG and others do not see it as a case of AI causing people to get burned out on their jobs.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
People in the area reported the derelict building appeared "completely burned out" by 23:00.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
All those twinkling lights, every star in the sky, could have burned out years ago—the entire night sky could be empty this very minute, and we wouldn’t even know it.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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