burned
Example Sentences
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While McVay was eager to land Nacua, the Rams burned through multiple draft picks and waited until the 177th overall pick to call his name.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
People in the area reported the derelict building appeared "completely burned out" by 23:00 on Friday and Staffordshire Moorlands Police said about 40 people had to be evacuated.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
And investors have been burned by memory stocks in the past.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
I hurried to rescue the cocoa before it burned to the bottom of the pot.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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