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burn

[burn] / bɜrn /


VERB
cause or feel stinging pain
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Rebecca Grossman is a co-founder of the nonprofit Grossman Burn Foundation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Grossman is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and is the the wife of prominent plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Dan Burn stood on the foot of Dango Ouattara but the VAR feels the Brentford player theatrically threw himself to the ground.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

But, with Newcastle's Dan Burn and Manchester City's Nico O'Reilly in line to be called up, Shaw is expected to miss out.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Until I had trained in Minnesota and gone north into Alaska to run in the Iditarod and hit a place called the Burn.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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