burning question
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It’s a burning question, sparked again by Friday’s anemic employment report showing the country shed jobs last month even as the unemployment rate has fallen this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tuchel will rightly say Uruguay and Japan are the tough tests England required to tune up for the World Cup, but the burning question is still the same and has not been answered.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
A burning question now is, when will the court rule?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
This may not answer the burning question of who will follow Gustavo Dudamel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
The burning question is: is the universe more like a giant ever-enlarging blimp, or does it pulsate, does it expand and contract?
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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