burning
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El Niño began long before humans started burning fossil fuels.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
All anybody on the outside seems to know is they are burning through lots of cash, with an insatiable need for more and no visible profits by conventional measures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"I watched as my mother is standing there in her nightgown, my father in his underwear, outside the building in tears... and there are flames, everything is burning," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s your job to manage both and make sure that you are not burning the candle at both ends.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Zara’s disapproving glare is burning a hole in the side of my head.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
"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
I saw the mass book burnings by the Nazis in 1933.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
However, Ms Noble said protest burnings posed "a real risk to the whole industry".
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 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
