burned

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A wildfire sparked by the flare of a shipwrecked mariner has burned around one-fourth of Santa Rosa Island and marks what officials called the largest blaze recorded on the island in modern history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

As two Black women burned by the fire and forced to live in its flames, Racine and Anaia are understandably fatigued.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The company has burned through huge volumes of investor cash and recently hired a chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, to help raise its own money.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

By this time NeXT had burned through most of its funding and was staring at insolvency, so Jobs flew to Tokyo and asked for more money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The ones who asked if he’d gotten burned up.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste