atmosphere
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"Something was in the air. There was an ominous atmosphere."
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Nothing will slow the object down, like the atmosphere would do here on Earth - and nothing will prevent the estimated million kilograms in debris from rocketing up into space.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The atmosphere was tense and uncertain; no-one knows when the situation could escalate.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Microorganisms convert around ten percent of the organic carbon from the sediments into gases, which rise into the water and can then enter our atmosphere."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The glow of Sagan’s purple-and-blue shimmering atmosphere falls over Javier.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
A lot of us have worked for employers that try to create family or party-like atmospheres in one way or another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Kavinsky was a defining act of the Paris electronic scene of the 2000s and 2010s, whose neon-smeared synths and noirish atmospheres lent themselves to L.A. freeways and Montmartre nightclubs alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The discovery indicates that astronomers may be able to study the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets from the ground by looking for gases escaping into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
They sing constantly and have generated the best atmospheres I have encountered in the US.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The weight of how many atmospheres is above me now?
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.
From The First Day of Spring by Wolf, Mari
Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.
From Weighed and Wanting by MacDonald, George
It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.
From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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