burning
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Macron's government has sought to draw a line between the legitimate demands of protesters and the looting, burning and ransacking that erupted on the sidelines of protests last Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
During the disaster, however, the graphite ignited and continued burning for ten days.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The network can show its viewers burning streets in France.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The burning of “waste” wood and other organic material to produce energy is known as biomass energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
I was burning up and drowning, and I’d just seen a ghost.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Weirich must have known about the book burnings and anti-Jewish laws, but he was at first largely silent about them in his diary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In August 2023, Sweden's intelligence service Sapo raised its threat level to four on a scale of one to five, saying the Koran burnings had made the country a "prioritised target".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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
I saw the mass book burnings by the Nazis in 1933.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2024
It took nine separate burnings before the fire got down to the straw and cotton ticking of its insides.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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