billowing
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In a video shared on X, black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky at the foot of Mount Ololokwe, where the crash occurred.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Climate, changed," is the Observer's pithy headline, describing it as "the burning issue" overlaying smoke billowing from mountainside fires in Powys, Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the distance, she could see the billowing black smoke of a raging fire in nearby Gironde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Another AFP journalist on the Israeli side of the border saw smoke billowing behind the historic Beaufort Castle, a strategic position not far from Nabatieh that Israel captured last month.
From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026
The prisoners trudge clockwise around the prison yard, marching single file on the worn path, their gray prison smocks billowing like the wings of birds.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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