Example Sentences

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Three years ago, private jet company Wheels Up was burning cash and fighting to survive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

After coming out fighting on the eve of this game, declaring his fire was "burning very strongly", Howe looked glassy-eyed in his news conference following this latest defeat.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The first time, Lai wrote, was terrifying: "My tears flowed freely and wet my shirt. I dared not make a move. My body was burning with humiliation."

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

The fire was burning at a “critical rate of spread,” growing from three acres to 1,000 within an hour and prompting evacuations around Crowley Lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

There were armies of flies of all kinds buzzing round their ears, and the afternoon sun was burning on their backs.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien