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burn

[burn] / bɜrn /


VERB
cause or feel stinging pain
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Roman carried out its first burn on Aug. 31, adjusting its path toward the observatory's eventual orbit.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Corroborating Oxford’s account, his brother Robert Oxford told police that he had seen Oxford burn his boots while Walters and another man, Andrew Travis, watched.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Unlike Earth, the Moon has virtually no atmospheric layer, so space debris does not slow down or burn up before colliding with the surface.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

The exchanges showed how air-defense math can favor the attacker and how Iran has adapted its attacks to force the U.S. to burn precious munitions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Mama was afraid he’d burn up the good crops, but Pop said he’d burn ’em before he’d let the grasshoppers eat ’em.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Once Roman settles into its orbit around L2, maintaining its position should require only periodic station-keeping burns about once every 28 days.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

They were treated at a local hospital for burns on their hands and were released.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

“A scorching mid-September may enhance the seasonal cliff in power sector gas burns ahead.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

And when it burns, says Dr Nisa, that fossilised carbon can be released into the atmosphere "very rapidly".

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The back of my neck burns like a lighter is being held to it, then in an instant, the pain is gone.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Oxford said he and Walters had burned their clothes, masks, and boots in a trash barrel at his grandmother’s house outside town.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

It takes me well over an hour to get to his place now, and I’m getting burned out.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

No one was injured, but the mill burned to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

Ned Ludd was the fabled hero of the early-19th-century Luddites, who smashed stocking frames—knitting machines for socks—and burned factories to protest job-destroying technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

My insides burned from my nose and throat down to my lungs.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

According to the Nusantara Atlas fire tracker, more than 285,000 hectares have burnt in Indonesia so far this year.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Mollie's mother, Kirsty Campbell, 35, a charge nurse, said her daughter is at risk of sunburn all year round - and has previously burnt in November.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Visiting the Pochaina flea market 10 days after the Russian attack, AFP journalists could still smell the mix of burnt metal and plastic hanging in the air.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Now, their remaining posessions include a teacup, some paperwork and a few items of burnt clothing left from a pile of ironing in the kitchen.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Many of the books and manuscripts that survived the waves were burnt by fishermen as if they were driftwood.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Unlike Earth, the Moon has no atmosphere capable of slowing incoming space rocks or burning them up before they reach the ground.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

By the time he saw the scene Millroy's car was already stationary, and Hartog recalled that it was another 59 seconds from when he stopped his car to Millroy exiting his burning vehicle.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

But what America will mostly remember from this night was John Mulaney, introducing the award for lead actor in a drama, and burning the house down with a routine that went wherever it wanted.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2026

A Khamis Mushait resident told AFP he heard "intense blasts" which left fires burning for a "long time".

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

The smoke was getting thick, burning my lungs every time I inhaled.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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