burned
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Other long-range strikes have sparked fires that have burned for days at oil facilities hundreds of kilometres behind the front line.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Her mayoral term has been defined by her responses to the city's homelessness issue, federal immigration raids and a destructive wildfire that burned through a wealthy neighbourhood in Los Angeles in January 2025.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Because he had been burned by those politics before.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
In the end, the rancher burned through the $170 million taken in from the bank and investors—some of them friends from his small Kentucky town.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The fire did not burn the wood of the boat, though it smoked—but a rope, Christopher saw, had burned instantly to ashes.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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