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foam

[fohm] / foʊm /
NOUN
bubbles formed from a liquid
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You can then progress to standing on a folded towel or foam pad.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Equipped with super glue and expanding foam, the mystery vigilante has defaced dozens of newly installed parking meters across North Berwick.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Baidoo suggests a more supportive flip-flop, such as a FitFlop, which is sturdier and contoured - a world away from the flat and thin flip-flops that have been cut from a big sheet of foam.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

It also froths milk and makes cold foam, which opens up even more possibilities for a build-your-own drink bar.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

As periwinkles etched the beach with their purple trails, and sea foam blew off the waves and tumbled across the beach as if longing for a dog to come out and play.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

Electrolyzers require components in practical forms such as metal meshes and foams, so laboratory performance alone is not enough.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 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

Gas-injected foams and paper-thin uppers make high-tech shoes lighter than ever before—and records are tumbling just as fast.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 19, 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

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

Suddenly, he was hurling a barrage of rocks into the water, one after the other, harder and harder, until the water roiled and foamed beneath the rain of rocks.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Built-in sinks allow shoppers to test face washes that come in creamy, gooey and foaming textures.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Initial findings from the investigation into the blaze suggest that it was caused by sparklers igniting soundproof foaming that lined the ceiling.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2026

They frequently contain colors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, thickeners, foaming agents and emulsifiers, and typically cannot be produced in the home.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

Hernandez told police she found her baby foaming at the mouth and having an apparent seizure after emerging from her procedure at Always Beautiful Medical Spa, according to the police report.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2025

Then the black form dropped into the foaming waters.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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