burning question

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Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

A burning question now is, when will the court rule?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

The burning question in the men's singles is an obvious one - who can stop Sinner and Spanish second seed Carlos Alcaraz carving up another Grand Slam title between them?

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

How she would be received by the notoriously liberal Hollywood elite became a burning question.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

The only actual poll I ever took myself was informal and designed to answer the burning question: What percentage of college women enjoy watching the Three Stooges?

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos