foam
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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
The Surge has pulled its giant foam finger saying “DEBATES” out of storage, because friends, it is debate season.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2026
The exact spot where Aphrodite was born of the foam could be visited by any ancient tourist; it was just offshore from the island of Cythera.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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
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
One of the chemicals found by both the EA and the independent testing is PFOS, a substance banned in the UK due to potential carcinogenic risks, often used in firefighting foams.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Since then, high-tech foams have been perfected to return more energy to the runner than ever and come in lighter than previous materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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
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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
Also banned are disposable cups and takeaway food containers made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
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
It foamed and raged and swept citizens along in its wake, but Nora alone was strong enough to outjump it.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
His eyes flashed and his teeth flashed and his jaws foamed.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“There are contestants that become very polarizing and you’ll have people absolutely foaming at the mouth wanting them to lose,” says former champion Mattea Roach, speaking from experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
Symptoms of muscarine poisoning include muscle cramps, blurred vision, foaming from the mouth, vomiting and diarrhea.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
He slapped a cardboard menu down in front of them and leaned on the foaming orangeade cooler.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
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