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burn

[burn] / bɜrn /


VERB
cause or feel stinging pain
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That burn will provide the final amount of energy Roman needs to reach its targeted position before entering its permanent orbit around L2.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

Corroborating Oxford’s account, his brother Robert Oxford told police that he had seen Oxford burn his boots while Walters and another man, Andrew Travis, watched.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Unlike Earth, the Moon has virtually no atmospheric layer, so space debris does not slow down or burn up before colliding with the surface.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

“When you allow people to build things, you give them immense power: the power to actually burn tokens and spend money.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The initial shock of the ice water had worn off, and now every part of Owen was on fire with the kind of burn you only felt from a bitter, bone-deep cold.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Once Roman settles into its orbit around L2, maintaining its position should require only periodic station-keeping burns about once every 28 days.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

They were treated at a local hospital for burns on their hands and were released.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Gas burns more cleanly than diesel, and it offered a means of complying with new regulations due to come into force on sooty pollutants, known as NOx and SOx.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Others thinking along similar lines include Drone Amplified, a startup whose unmanned aerial vehicles drop balls containing fire-starting chemicals to ignite controlled burns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

That pouch contained remedies for all sorts of common problems, including burns.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Oxford said he and Walters had burned their clothes, masks, and boots in a trash barrel at his grandmother’s house outside town.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

The Indonesian government has said more than 202,000 hectares of land burned countrywide between January and July.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

It takes me well over an hour to get to his place now, and I’m getting burned out.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

With her bad attitude and personal problems, Misty has burned many bridges along the way.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

My mother had burned herself at the stove lots of times.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

They were clad in the university’s signature burnt orange.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

According to the Nusantara Atlas fire tracker, more than 285,000 hectares have burnt in Indonesia so far this year.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

As we're driving in a pickup truck to see the aftermath of a huge fire which burnt for more than a month in the Cairngorms, I spot fresh smoke coming from the ground.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The dishes themselves are constantly changing—past offerings have included a reimagined s’more made from an aerated dark-chocolate rock with graham-cracker ganache and burnt meringue, which was paired with strawberry amaro milk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither receding nor advancing.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Roebuck was still lying on the tile floor, his stomach burning.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

A barely conscious Millroy was stuck in his car for over a minute before he was pulled from the burning wreckage by Dutchman Hartog after he immediately stopped his car to help him.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Four or five paragraphs were devoted to detailing the theater design—Oriental deities, minarets, hanging rugs, burning incense.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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