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To burn off my energy, my parents had enrolled me in dance classes at age 4.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

Dr Raffan explained: "It alters the predisposition to weight gain because it's tweaking a system that is involved in regulating how hungry we feel and how much energy we burn off."

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

The gel can subsequently be heated to burn off the organic fragment.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2024

To help burn off excess calories from the giant canteen, a main fitness center holds more than 350 machines and two saunas, which can also help athletes control their weight.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2024

All the magic of dawn had gone now, and in its place was a gray early morning, distinguished only by a summers mist which was sure to burn off soon.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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