burning
Example Sentences
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After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Exxon began pursuing its algae research in 2009, about two years after first publicly acknowledging that burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The company, like other AI labs, is reportedly burning through cash fast.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
I tell myself we’ll both live long enough that maybe one day I’ll see you again, and that you will have kept the fire of friendship burning for me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.