burned up
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A severe drought also burned up grazing pastures, making it more expensive to feed livestock.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Usually pieces of space debris are entirely burned up by Earth's atmosphere but larger piece can fall to earth.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025
On Nov. 10, a decommissioned Starlink satellite fell to earth and burned up on reentry—something it is designed to do.
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024
The satellites did not reach their intended orbit and burned up in the atmosphere.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024
Some of them decided to take off their coats and stay awhile, so they flew in the kerosene lamp and got burned up.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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