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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

I loved watching the fallen leaves billow up from the road in great whirling circles as I drove by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 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

When the winds got especially fierce, like they did last week, smoke would billow back down the chimney and fill the living room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025

Now Lexie watched the smoke billow from her bedroom window, the front one that looked over the lawn, and thought of everything inside that was gone.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Footage shows a man climbing from a balcony as black smoke billows out from behind him during an apartment fire in Antwerp.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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

His TikTok page billows with shortform clips from the crime scene—uploaded thrice-daily from his front-facing camera—offering benign commentary on the languishing investigation.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

Black smoke billows and swirls in the morning sky, and below it, maybe fifty yards ahead, is a single car that has caught on fire.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday afternoon as firefighters struggled to contain a large industrial fire at a tire recycling facility in South Gate.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

When smoke billowed from the damaged Fairmont The Palm hotel, he decided to hunker down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 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

Up to 21 fire engines were at the scene by about 12:30 GMT, the fire service said, as thick black smoke billowed from the blaze.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

They rose into the night sky like kites, billowed, and disappeared.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

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

He did not play but bowling spells during intervals - his blond hair billowing behind him - felt like a glimpse into Australia and England's Ashes future.

From BBC ● 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

I shuddered to think of John’s sisters, who slept three to a bed, jumping from a window, their nightshirts billowing up around them as they fell.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye