atmosphere
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Almost overnight, the conflict transformed the atmosphere on campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Originally seen at London’s prestigious Hampstead Theatre, “A Ghost in Your Ear,” like “Paranormal Activity” on Broadway, relies less on action than atmosphere to keep us unsettled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The listing emphasizes the home’s connection to nature, with its large windows, outdoor entertaining areas, and landscaped surroundings creating a retreat-like atmosphere.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Kumuls stalwart Lachlan Lam - forced to miss this World Cup because he needs wrist surgery - likened the atmosphere to "a proper scream".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The tricks of the Antarctic atmosphere brought mock suns and green sunsets, and showers of jewel-colored ice crystals.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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But surprisingly, we've found evidence that the majority of lava worlds -- similar in composition to Earth and Venus but much, much hotter -- might have atmospheres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
This is interesting because we're trying to understand the temperature transition between planets with and without atmospheres.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Gas giants like Jupiter must assemble their massive atmospheres while the disk is still substantial enough to supply them, before winds and jets carry that raw material away into space."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Their UV spectra contain fingerprints of chemical elements in their atmospheres while also revealing details about the stellar winds carrying material away from their surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
She hadn’t heard of odes or atmospheres before, but as she worked through the pages, these creatures took up residence in her mind.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.
From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf
Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.
From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald
It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.
From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren
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