burn
Example Sentences
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These are just a few of the evening’s many burning questions.
From Los Angeles Times
But the U.S. burned through munitions at a furious clip, firing more than 150 missiles, amounting to roughly a quarter of the interceptors ever purchased by the Pentagon.
"Other places test the gold by burning it slightly, but here they test it directly and it's open and transparent," Zhao said, explaining that she trusted the automated recycler over a traditional human buyer.
From Barron's
Despite the intense blaze, it hadn't burned long enough to destroy everything and officers found a pin badge, keys, a watch face and strap and a bullet head.
From BBC
The district calculates it would burn through its reserve and be unable to pay all its bills in three years.
From Los Angeles Times
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