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
As they went south the fume of Rauros rose and shimmered before them, a haze of gold.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Dr Coralynn Sack, an occupational pulmonologist specialising in air pollution's effects on the body at the University of Washington, said the noxious fumes from wildfires are well known to pose "inhalational hazards" to firefighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Air quality regulators said that during the sanitation process this week, Lineage will need to maintain negative air pressure and keep air pollution equipment running to help mitigate fumes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The fumes gave her headaches, nausea and breathing trouble, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Wind and engine fumes whipped across his face.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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“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
"It's a human right to know your identity and also to have the possibility to have contact with your biological family," she fumed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Her husband, Paul Quattlebaum, fumed, “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.”
From Salon ● May 27, 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
Since the Espionage Act made it illegal to disclose the details of their work to the public, they fumed in silence while Hoover strutted around like a hero.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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The Rams figure to be locked-in and fuming after an embarrassing opener in Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
"From my perspective, I missed the double 15 and I was fuming with myself that I missed, and I looked around and he was celebrating that I missed," Van Veen told Sky Sports.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Then, while the four members of the Egypt gang stared at them in helpless fuming anger, they just sat there, leaning against each other’s backs, still shaking with gradually weakening seizures.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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