- present participle of burn.
burning
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Wildfires have been burning throughout parts of Indonesia for weeks, sending smoke across the country and into neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's Borneo, as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning below waft over her.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The first thing to do on scene was assign a firefighter to walk 360 degrees around the burning structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The city is sick, as evidenced in photos of barren studio lots, burning trees and the boarded-up Cinerama Dome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Karli was crying then, crying for our burning home, and maybe also for the trees we were leaving behind, that could not run away.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
They were also sent into the streets in 2023 after a wave of truck burnings raised fears of wider unrest.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The American Library Association has a Bill of Rights, adopted on June 19, 1939, as a response to book burnings in Nazi Germany.
From Salon ● Mar. 30, 2025
"As natural habitats adapted to these controlled burnings, we see the expansion of fire-adapted species such as Eucalyptus, primarily on the wetter, eastern side of the Bass Strait islands," said Adeleye.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024
Sweden raised its terror threat level last year following a series of burnings of the Quran that triggered protests in the Muslim world.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
It took nine separate burnings before the fire got down to the straw and cotton ticking of its insides.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
