fume
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Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
However, exposures have led to diagnoses of brain injury, while families of some crew have blamed fume events for life-threatening illnesses, the Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
You can review this earlier WSJ explainer that gives a bit more context about what a fume event is and how it can happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
A kind, good-hearted person might be touched that people are being so empathetic to the personal weather condition of others, but the more I hear it, the more I fume.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Tom Smith KC, for TG Jones, told the hearing that the business is "highly distressed" and "running on fumes at the moment".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
For the SOXX, there are a couple RSI developments that warn bulls are now running on fumes.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
The tank released fumes for about five minutes, and air sensors to detect MMA in the area were set up the next day, officials said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He had to walk down 40 flights of stairs to evacuate his building and felt ill from the fumes.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Kingshaw bent his head forward, closer to the model, breathing in the thick, acrid fumes of glue and metallic paint quickly, trying to forget.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
"It's a human right to know your identity and also to have the possibility to have contact with your biological family," she fumed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
As some residents fumed about the restrictions, they asked why managers of Las Virgenes weren’t taking a hard look at desalination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Her husband, Paul Quattlebaum, fumed, “If I took my dog to a vet and it had this problem, that dog would get better treatment.”
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
“He tried to jinx me, in case you didn’t notice!” fumed Harry.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
As we drove home, we were both fuming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Judges accustomed to having government lawyers comply with their orders have been left fuming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026
"From my perspective, I missed the double 15 and I was fuming with myself that I missed, and I looked around and he was celebrating that I missed," Van Veen told Sky Sports.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Newcastle's reign as League Cup holders is over after a pair of error-strewn performances over the two legs left boss Eddie Howe fuming.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Curly was fuming, as if he’d expected honesty from the young burglar.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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