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Results from computer memory stocks Sandisk and Western Digital weren’t quite good enough, casting a pall over the broader AI and tech stock complex this morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Shares in easyJet have gained over 40% since Castlelake made public its interest in a possible takeover, recouping its losses since the war in the Middle East began and cast a pall on airline stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times, as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Pain at the pump may already be casting a pall over the mall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

Sketched upon the pall of soot downstream the outline of a burnt city like a black paper scrim.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

The immediate damage is clear to see, with heavy palls of smoke hanging over the blackened and charred landscape, but a conservation expert said the long-term damage could take hundreds of years to repair.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

All the while, Israeli bombardment has boomed and raised palls of smoke.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

Especially notable are two chalice palls — or covers — about 7 inches square whose plant motifs are very bold in scale.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2022

“We had palls of smoke across our three major cities.”

From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021

I fled down alleyways as dark and stifling as the gullets of dragons, through sizzling sparks and palls of smoke, under clotheslines fluttering with singed sheets.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros