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burner

noun as in torch

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Despite my zeal and, at this point, confidence, I do take a few precautions: I use a long reach lighter, tilt my head back a little, have a lid ready in case I need to extinguish the flame early, and, unlike some of the professional chefs I have seen, I take the pan off the heat — or turn the burner off completely — before actually igniting.

From Salon

But that comedic durability — Keaton doesn’t break character and he’s still got crack timing and line deliveries — felt like it was on the back burner in an episode that didn’t seem to make the most of Keaton’s talents.

Posting on a burner YouTube account, they demanded Min's reinstatement and made claims of workplace harassment.

From BBC

The next byproduct of fire is heat — like the burner in a hot air balloon, the wildfire causes the bottom layer of the atmosphere to become less dense and therefore rise.

In some Democratic-controlled areas, too, school funding has been put on the back burner.

From Salon

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