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During “Divinize,” four performers stand in front of Rosalía holding long, diaphanous sheets that billow up to the rafters before reeling them in, swaddling the singer like a baby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Thick clouds of red dust billow skyward as earthmovers cut roads through the Abujhmad hills of India's central Chhattisgarh state, the last holdout of a nearly 60-year insurgency that has cost 12,000 lives.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in northern New Jersey, and watched the smoke billow from the World Trade Center.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2025

Intense pyrocumulonimbus plumes billow from the raging Park fire in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

She kicks the can all the way to the second guard, and a train passes underneath her in a billow of steam.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

At the end of the movie, smoke billows into the theater, the screen lifts and Endeavour itself is revealed in launch position.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

Video posted on X shows Lamin trying to keep people away from the shop as smoke billows from its doorway.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

We’re in our spot next to the wide gangway, standing among the traders and workmen and a pack of youthful Japanese, everyone waiting for the launch and the black billows of diesel.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

The nose, like a ship’s prow, and the feather, like a billowed sail, steer him away from us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As students patted soil and staked trees for support, smoke from the wind-driven Sandy fire threatening Simi Valley billowed in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Footage taken in the aftermath showed a fire blazing in what appeared to be a stairwell, while thick black plumes of smoke billowed from the upper floors.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

Together the three of us sneaked through the side streets of downtown while a huge column of smoke billowed up behind us from my school gymnasium.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Giorgio Armani’s louche, billowing designs might have given off a European vibe to the uneducated, but the wide lapels, double-breasted suit jackets, and high-waisted pants were pure 1940s, postwar L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

An hour later, smoke is billowing out of a backyard barbecue while the tiny kitchen is a riot of brightly colored peppers, vegetables and spices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The billowing draperies are, respectively, lime green, chrome yellow, ultramarine blue and sienna brown, and the angels’ wings sport multihued stripes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In a video shared on X, black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky at the foot of Mount Ololokwe, where the crash occurred.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The girl stood for a moment there at the window, her nightdress billowing about her, poised to take flight, when her eyes met eyes.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny