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burning

adjective as in fervent, excited

adjective as in stinging, painful

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The effect is even further fueled by our oceans, which absorb more than 90 percent of the heat caused by burning fossil fuels, producing water vapor that increases precipitation.

From Salon

Murray adds that he didn’t know how to say “no” in a healthy way and that he was burning the candle at both ends.

One of them is the practice of farmers burning crop remains to clear their fields quickly to sow seeds for the next yield.

From BBC

"In the frozen trenches of Donetsk region and in the burning steppes of Kherson region under shells, hail, and anti-aircraft guns - we are fighting for the right to life."

From BBC

“The impacts of climate change are becoming increasingly dramatic, yet we still see no sign that burning of fossil fuels has peaked,” said lead author Prof Pierre Friedlingstein of the University of Exeter.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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