burned up
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“Papa,” I said, “I’m afraid I’m not much of a cook. Everything I put on the stove either boiled over or burned up. There must be more to this cooking than I thought there was.”
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A severe drought also burned up grazing pastures, making it more expensive to feed livestock.
The same gigantic megafire burned up and down and around the mountain, connecting both sides.
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He added: “This time last year, we still had a future. But it burned up in the fire, like most of the town.”
From Los Angeles Times
Coaches from some of the country’s best football programs burned up Alexander’s phone, offering Stewart spots on their own rosters.
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