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
One of those pieces, believed to be the lander probe, is expected to re-enter our atmosphere around 10 May and at least part of it could survive the journey without burning up, according to Nasa.
From BBC • May 7, 2025
Along with gaseous reactive nitrogen, satellites burning up as they re-enter the atmosphere at the end of their lives leave tiny particles of aluminum oxide, imperilling the still-recovering ozone layer.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025
“We’re going to be trapped. Embers behind and ahead are burning up the trail.”
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
