Example Sentences

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Three cars were burning, and the carport area, where officials believe the blaze started, was completely engulfed.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

He thinks this is partly because AI took so much scut work off people’s plates that their days became consumed by high-level thinking—and they were burning out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

"We were in that situation and people were burning jerseys, but the Welsh people are here," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

He said "large fires" were burning in non-residential buildings in the Desnyansky and Darnytsky districts.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

And my eyes were burning and they wouldn’t stop.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya