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
A burning question now is, when will the court rule?
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
How she would be received by the notoriously liberal Hollywood elite became a burning question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
However, having reached the pinnacle of the sport he had dedicated his life to, Stona woke up one day with a burning question on his mind: what next?
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
I’m silent, watching her, wanting to ask the burning question I’ve held on to since I figured out Abby died.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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