burned

Example Sentences

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Other long-range strikes have sparked fires that have burned for days at oil facilities hundreds of kilometres behind the front line.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Her mayoral term has been defined by her responses to the city's homelessness issue, federal immigration raids and a destructive wildfire that burned through a wealthy neighbourhood in Los Angeles in January 2025.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In the end, the rancher burned through the $170 million taken in from the bank and investors—some of them friends from his small Kentucky town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

The Cal Fire engine is part of a strike team from the Tulare Unit in Visalia that was called to Southern California as several fires burned, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

His eyes, red and swollen at the lid, burned with admiration.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell