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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to darken (areas on a photographic print) by exposing them to light while masking other regions

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The KMI Panel did log a VAR error in the Brentford v Newcastle game, when Dango Ouattara was booked for simulation after claiming a penalty following a challenge by Dan Burn in the 61st minute.

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What Delhi intended as humanitarian asylum is turning into a long and uncomfortable test of how far it is willing to go for an old ally, and how much diplomatic capital it is prepared to burn in the process.

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The metabolic ceiling refers to the upper limit of calories a person can burn in a sustained way.

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Kieran Trippier's free-kick picked out Burn in space in the penalty area and he punished Bilbao's slack marking with a superb header that curled into the far corner from 10 yards.

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Its ascent to the pinnacle of tech success began as something of a slow burn in 1993, when Huang, 62, launched the company alongside Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem.

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