burn
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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
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
We carry phones that track our steps and wear rings and watches that monitor our heart rate, the calories we burn and the quality of our sleep.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
On Earth, smaller objects "burn up high in the... atmosphere due to friction" before they reach the ground, noted Betts, which is not the case on Earth's natural satellite.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Mama was afraid he’d burn up the good crops, but Pop said he’d burn ’em before he’d let the grasshoppers eat ’em.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing burn
"Raymond's Run"
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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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