burning

Example Sentences

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The company, like other AI labs, is reportedly burning through cash fast.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“But I’m also a human, and I see the spirit in their eyes that is burning in my soul too. And so we’ve just got to never stop going.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

People loved their incinerators — burning stuff was free — but in the late 1950s, incinerators were finally banned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Air-traffic controllers evacuated a tower after reporting a burning smell from an elevator, an incident the FAA later insisted wasn’t a fire.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

It stretched its burning wings, tried to fly, and failed.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell