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
They worry about how much water these buildings use and fume at the amount of electricity they consume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In that incident, an Air Canada jet ran into an emergency vehicle on the runway that was racing to deal with a potential fume event on a United Airlines flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
They leave me out here to shiver and fume.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Arevalo is one of 10 street vendors testing whether they can ditch petrol generators to reduce noise, planet-warming emissions and health risks posed by exhaust fumes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Jobs at shopping centres were ruled out because of the fumes from restaurants, and even in smaller environments her colleagues' eating habits could affect her.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
Kingshaw bent his head forward, closer to the model, breathing in the thick, acrid fumes of glue and metallic paint quickly, trying to forget.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
Years ago on “Rick and Morty,” President Andre Curtis fumed that he can’t coexist with Rick Sanchez, a living god who won’t submit to his will.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
He fumed when a group member suggested printing ‘Stop AI’ on purple shirts rather than red.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
From his second-floor apartment that overlooked a stretch of road in Sylmar lined with broken-down RV’s, Vincent Wolf fumed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
‘You done grumbled so much that I nearly worn out. You done fumed and fussed so that I right shamed for you.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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
And after Paraguay triumphed 4-3 on penalties following the 1-1 draw, Germany head coach Julian Nagelsmann was left fuming at the disallowed goal.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The president is fuming at the justices as they prepare to take up his next big case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
She didn’t bother to nod her farewell to Kaltain as the princess and the councilman joined them and they strode down the hall, leaving the fuming lady behind.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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