burn
Example Sentences
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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
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
A specialist carried out an ultrasound but "couldn't diagnose it from that," she said, "but she had enough evidence to suggest surgery the next day to one, diagnose and two, burn out the tissue".
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
When I came back out Scarhead was in the burn area.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing burn
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Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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Unit 16
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