burning

Example Sentences

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When AFP visited, explosions rang repeatedly through the burning hot air, as blasts split stone for mining.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Loud trucks kept passing and honking their horns, leaving a smell of burning diesel fuel in their wake.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Drought also saps hydropower output, driving natural-gas and coal burning, something that happened in China during the last El Niño.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Another possibility is that the clouds evaporate as they move into temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees, similar to morning fog burning away on Earth but under far more extreme conditions.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

It meant burning to keep watch, for that which needed to be watched.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell