burning question

Example Sentences

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Travelers hunt for regional souvenirs, soothe their homesickness and investigate a burning question: Is the hot dog different?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

A burning question now is, when will the court rule?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

OK, so maybe it’s not a burning question.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025

The burning question facing America is: Will the other basic drive, which Freud called Eros and Harris and Walz call joy, provide us with an alternative?

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

He did have one burning question, however, that he simply could not hold in.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman