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

A destructive wildfire burned through a third of Santa Rosa Island.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

Because he had been burned by those politics before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Now almost every fire was a megafire that burned up half the state.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz