burning
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In interviews, dozens of farmworkers reported suffering from nausea, burning eyes or irritated throats due to chemical-laced fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Powering the nation’s massive AI build-out requires lots of walking, checking for burning smells and monitoring for bird damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Everyone made it out to be so easy, but my face felt like it was on fire and there was a horrible smell of burning skin," says Nikita Morgan, as she describes her eyelid surgery.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
It should be noted that from March through May the weather is quite hot, and there is bad air quality due to nearby agricultural burning.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Did the firefighters find you in a burning building?
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
They were also sent into the streets in 2023 after a wave of truck burnings raised fears of wider unrest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
On Friday, she urged people to get copies of The Handmaid's tale before "they have public book burnings of it".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
"As natural habitats adapted to these controlled burnings, we see the expansion of fire-adapted species such as Eucalyptus, primarily on the wetter, eastern side of the Bass Strait islands," said Adeleye.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
Takei highlighted Hirschfeld's work at the Institute for Sexual Research and how the first book burnings in Germany came from texts from the institute.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
The fire flared up and swallowed the dry paper, and I found my thoughts shifting to Nazi book burnings.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
