fume
Example Sentences
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Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
What we do know from a recent Federal Aviation Administration-funded study is that fume events can release potentially harmful levels of gases.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
On the first two legs, he and first officer Eric Tellman noticed a dirty sock-like smell—an indicator of a fume event—spreading through the Airbus A319 just as they started their descent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
But they said the evidence pointed to his fume event as the trigger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
And for five hundred years, Glerk continued to fume.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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