burned
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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I have been burned by the latter before, so I shied away from doing a pre-earnings pick on SharkNinja in early November.
From Barron's
A lot of the homes that burned down in Altadena were built in the 1940s or 1950s.
The general area was the site of a small fire on New Year’s Eve that burned for a few hours before fire officials said they extinguished it.
From Los Angeles Times
Investors burned by false dawns in China’s property market are reluctant to reprice assets without unmistakable signals.
From Barron's
Pictures of the aftermath showed a number of burned out military vehicles and pick-up trucks parked in a walled-off area at the port, as well as damage to a nearby building.
From BBC
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