plume
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What showed up when those compounds were represented with colors on a plume map and compared with dozens of control-point samples of nearby soil indicated the presence of a decaying body, according to Eckenrode.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Cynthia, the object of his desire, had enormous hair of her own, which she teased into a plume.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
A March 2 satellite image of Shiraz, three days into the war, showed a reddish plume near one of the demolished launchers, indicating that nitric acid fuel was leaking from a missile.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
The team believes this was an early offshoot of what is now the Azores mantle plume.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
The plume from the summit continued to rise the entire time Swanson and the crew flew around the volcano.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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