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foam

[fohm] / foʊm /
NOUN
bubbles formed from a liquid
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Sometimes called a cloud couch, couch-in-a-box or modular floor sofa, this is a frameless, legless foam compression couch that sits directly on the floor and can open up into a bed.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Choose a pair of foam wings — large or small — slip your arms through and stand in a life-sized wind tunnel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

These include using foam strips, sealant and specialist chimney draught excluders if you don't use your fireplace.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

It all started back in 2010 with the introduction of the Hoka line of max-cushion shoes, which led other brands to develop similar styles, each stacked with its own patented lightweight foam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Vali’s human shape fell from him, and where Vali had stood was a wolf, foam flecking its muzzle.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

It is why they have been placed in thousands of items such as pots and pans, clothing and foams used to fight fires.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

They engineered carefully controlled porous materials that imitate the way natural foams scatter light while also drawing inspiration from water-repellent surfaces found on leaves and flower petals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

The company said the Department of Defence kept using the PFAS-containing firefighting foams for two decades after it stopped selling the product in Australia.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Bile foams in my gut and my thoughts tumble every which way as I try to work out how I’m going to fit a dog into my already too-jam-packed life.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The straw made from foamed CDA was a prototype to see if increasing the surface area would accelerate break down.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024

Products like single-use packaging, plastic resins, foamed plastic insulation, bottles and containers, among many others, add to global greenhouse emissions.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

So far it has built 1,000km of foamed bitumen road surfaces and is "continuing to develop foamed bitumen techniques", according to its transport department.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022

A tuft of foamed milk completes the steaming comfort.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

The gray of the sky cast a dull reflection on the blue waves, and the sea spray foamed like dirty dishwater.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

The A12 cafe, on one of the busiest avenues in the capital, displays a large picture of a foaming pint on its window.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

Because I know from experience that some of you are frothing, foaming and itching to reach out and tell me that illegal means illegal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025

Symptoms of muscarine poisoning include muscle cramps, blurred vision, foaming from the mouth, vomiting and diarrhea.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs


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