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burn

[burn] / bɜrn /


VERB
cause or feel stinging pain
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But for Odenkirk, it was the prospect of a slow burn that appealed to him, with a first stretch that plays closer to “Fargo” before the mayhem ramps up to almost cartoonish proportions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

In late March, Anthropic suddenly announced it would limit the amount of tokens that users could burn through during peak hours from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Then with a burn of their spacecraft's main engine, they said goodbye and began their quarter of a million mile journey to the Moon.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The company has a good cash position, with $480 million on its balance sheet and expected annual burn rates of about $150 million after this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“I love you,” she said, and I felt my face burn red.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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