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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

There’s nothing like watching as clouds billow over Doi Suthep, the mountain overlooking Chiang Mai, before gushing onto the city’s durian- and diesel-fumed streets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 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

Smoke is continuing to billow from the Solong, but Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said both ships were expected to remain afloat.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025

The flaps at the open doorway billow in and out, cooling the heat-heavy air.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

Cold vapor billows out of a cryotherapy chamber as the author steps in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

My feelings leak out my eyes, crumpling my face, heave through my frame as I imagine the dogs, hoping for a rescue, staring at the door as the smoke billows in.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Firefighters helped people evacuate through the windows as a plume a black smoke billowed out of the building.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Black smoke billowed over the Iranian capital, with officials there warning of the hazardous health effects for residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 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

As the eruption column billowed into the sky, day turned to night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Black smoke billowed from the gap in his teeth.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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 haze billowing out from wildfires in the Indonesian regions of Kalimantan, Papua and Sumatra knows no borders.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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

Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Chaol watched the prince disappear, his red cape billowing behind him, and sighed.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas