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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

And the roof, in turn, seems to billow from the chapel’s main tower, a white, silo-like mass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

We couldn't turn and go back because now the ice behind us had started to billow.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 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

“Yeh think Oi dan’t know a candle or a campfire when I see one? Et was blue, Oi tell ye. Greet billows o’ et,” he made an expansive gesture with his arms.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

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

Mia stroked Izzy’s hair, which billowed out from beneath her fingers like plumes of smoke.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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 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

I plopped down on the dusty trunk and watched them walk away, Aunt Kitty in her severe gray gown, Mrs. Maroney in her fashionable scarlet one with wide skirts billowing around her.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan