fume
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But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It's one thing to look at chemistry and a set of materials at the single cell level in a fume hood," said Bailey.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
You can review this earlier WSJ explainer that gives a bit more context about what a fume event is and how it can happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The air was oppressive; it seemed as if there was some sulphurous fume, which at times made me dizzy.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Families live and work under the same roof, often separated from mountains of waste by little more than a staircase or curtain, exposing them to foul odours, plastic fumes and other health risks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Before long, she said, she got persistent headaches, which she blamed on fumes from the dump three miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Tom Smith KC, for TG Jones, told the hearing that the business is "highly distressed" and "running on fumes at the moment".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
It was tedious work and sometimes the fumes gave me headaches that lingered all day, but I knew it wasn’t permanent.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Former England striker Gary Lineker wrote on X that it "might be the worst VAR decision I've seen... extraordinary given the significance" and McInnes fumed at the call afterwards.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Then, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch on Aug. 6, 1974, Goldwater fumed, “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
People heading to Yosemite to escape urban congestion fumed this weekend as they waited in a seemingly endless line of cars at the park entrance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Gay fumed for a while, but the next morning she was cheerful.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
And he sure did, fuming at her publicly and privately for several days in a row.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
As we drove home, we were both fuming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Even President Trump, who had spent the previous year fuming at the Fed chair he had appointed, called to congratulate Powell as “my most improved player.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Harry Maguire's special day - following his England recall - was spoiled by his sending off at Vitality Stadium, but it was the performance of the officials that had United fuming.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
“Mercy 1” exclaimed Edna, who had been fuming.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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