burn
Example Sentences
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SpaceX spokesperson Dan Huot said the booster failed to complete its so-called boost-back burn after launch.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
But these quick-commerce firms burn cash chasing market share, leading to questions about sustainable profitability amid intense competition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“For their place to burn, the entire town would have to go up in flames,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
If that’s the case, they will burn through their capital—and they all have high burn rates right now.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Just that morning her father had been reminding her that giant sequoias couldn’t burn.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing burn
"Raymond's Run"
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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Unit 16
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