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burning

adjective as in fervent, excited

adjective as in stinging, painful

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Our gas boilers are the main culprit; lots of individual devices inefficiently burning fossil fuels to create the heat.

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Cal Fire is adamant the hazard maps have no direct effect on residents’ insurance rates, saying they model hazard — the chance of an area experiencing wildfire — not the risk of specific homes burning down.

Last year, Sapo accused Iranian intelligence of hacking into a text messaging service to send 15,000 messages to Swedes, after several Quran burnings.

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With the fires still burning in the North Sea, eyewitnesses are shedding light on how the crash unfolded in 30 minutes of drama.

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Los Angeles is burning, a tragedy so vast it renders Didion’s prose on the Santa Ana winds unhelpful.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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