Example Sentences

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The Red Sox have burned through multiple groups of front office and dugout bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

S&P Global’s Fawaz said that by early next month the world will have burned through 300 million barrels of oil stored for emergencies.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

One study, published in 2023, said that summer forest fires in California have burned five times the area between 1996 and 2021 compared with the prior 25-year period.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Mr Lennox said: The ban is a risky move for us to make and I understand the bridges I have burned.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

"It's pretty obvious, isn't it? Jacob healed a man who should have burned to death! Jeanne saw the future!"

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz