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
Everyone, from regular Koreans to world leaders, was left with the same burning question:
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
How she would be received by the notoriously liberal Hollywood elite became a burning question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
After the clock repeated, “TEN TWIN-TEE-EIGHT PEE EM,” Genie asked another burning question.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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