burn in
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The house where Rachel and her husband, Tyler Bardwell, who owns a chimney-sweep company, live didn’t burn in the wildfire, but houses just two blocks away did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
It had a negative free cash flow of more than $1 billion for the quarter, up from a $526 million cash burn in the year-ago quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026
She called it a low-grade terror: “You know how that feels, right? Where you’re worried all the time, and it’s like a low burn in your chest, queasiness in the belly.”
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
The images were taken after the crew successfully completed a trans-lunar injection burn in the early hours of Friday.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
When he sees the K, his eyes go hard behind the mask, and for a moment, sadness and fury burn in his gaze.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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