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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

At around 9:45 a.m. local time, people across Tehran were watching smoke billow from the leader’s compound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 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

Abra sat down on the ground, or rather she seemed to drift down, and her full skirts settled in a billow around her.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

The internet billows with sobering images of derelict casinos and abandoned food halls, often emblazoned with apocalyptic all-caps exhortations of doom: “5 Reasons Why Las Vegas is DYING!”

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

Separate video footage shows Pastor Mboro's church, housed in a marquee tent, going up in flames as thick, black smoke billows from it.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

The great billows of smoke veiled their audacity.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

It was an emotional occasion for fans gathered in the city centre, where claret and blue smoke billowed from flares as flags were flown.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Three days after the gunfight, the gates were wide open, and window drapes billowed in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 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

A plume of bright-green gas billowed across the top of the monstrous horde like the spray from a poison riot hose.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Columns of thick black smoke were still billowing into the sky from one of the factories hours after the hit, an AFP reporter saw.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Wildfires burning in Canada have sent the noxious smog billowing across the border, with residents in New York, Washington and the US Midwest urged to stay indoors due to dangerously low air quality.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Videos published by state media showed plumes of smoke billowing from the factory on Thursday, as firetrucks sprayed the building with water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Satellite imagery seen by BBC Verify shows smoke billowing from Jalveer.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

It churns out rolling clouds of billowing smoke, a fat black rope that coils over the cars behind it.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen