Example Sentences

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In Greece, wildfires have been burning for a third consecutive day, with the most dangerous fronts on the island of Chios and in the Achaia region of the Peloponnese.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025

The Los Angeles area is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in American history, which have been burning for nearly two weeks and are not yet fully contained.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

The fires have been burning with the highest intensity around the city of Viña del Mar, where a famous botanical garden founded in 1931 was destroyed by the flames on Sunday.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Fires have been burning on either side of the only highway out of town, but it remained open.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

It seems that the Marburg virus may have been burning through rural areas in Uganda not far from Kitum Cave.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston