dust

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High on the list of techno-babbly fairy dust: active suspension damping—as opposed to reactive damping—via a road-surface-reading suspension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Many stars are born inside vast clouds of gas and dust in space.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

When rain falls on California shopping centers and warehouses, the water runs off parking lots carrying metal dust and chemicals from vehicle tires and brake pads, oil and grease from engines, and bacteria from trash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

But I gamely soldiered back into the sunlight and onto the pathways that line the National Mall, each ginger step kicking up dust.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Nearly every horizontal surface in the room is coated with dust.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse