fume

Example Sentences

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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

Others include multiple types of exposures associated with fume events: chemicals that appear in both pesticides and engine oils; high levels of ultrafine particles and solvents like formaldehyde; and brain trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Dunlap left JetBlue in 2018 after struggling with severe headaches that he said got worse with successive fume events, and which his FAA physician was concerned was connected to his exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“I see U.S. missiles,” he’d fume, “aimed at my dacha.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin