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burned out

[burnd-aut] / ˈbɜrndˈaʊt /












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It takes me well over an hour to get to his place now, and I’m getting burned out.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Listen to your body” is lovely advice until you are neurodivergent, burned out, staring into the refrigerator at 8:17 p.m. or otherwise unable to locate your body’s supposedly innate wisdom about dinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Shane Gerard was a highly successful baseball coach at Marshall High until he decided he was burned out and stepped down in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He was burned out from engineering a stock swap between Athene and Apollo and working on some of Athene’s biggest deals to date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

By then all the stars will have burned out and the protons and neutrons in them will probably have decayed into light particles and radiation.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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