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[thur-muhl] / ˈθɜr məl /


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The department said it also has put “new post-containment procedures in place, using drones and thermal imaging to confirm a fire is fully out.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Despite significant expansion in renewable energy, thermal generation and distribution, the company has maintained a robust balance sheet that positions it well to bid for new projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

This has stressed many fruit plants, putting them into thermal dormancy and slowing down fruit production.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The researchers identified a large thermal gradient, with temperatures reaching approximately 350 degrees Celsius beside the magma intrusion and falling to about 72 degrees Celsius at an ancient seafloor asphalt spill roughly 300 meters higher.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

She’s at the top of the thermal, a speck in the sky.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In the first, a quadrotor drone was able to observe four hovering white balls while avoiding four orange balls, all while navigating an airfield rife with randomly occurring, dangerous air currents, or thermals.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

We were matching in gray thermals and black pants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

"And at six o'clock on a January morning it was unbelievably cold - even the thermals we had on underneath our tracksuits weren't much help."

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023

As spectators chant and funnel into the tree-lined stadium, the day starts to warm, which is when spotted lanternflies can be found rising into the air on thermals.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 31, 2023

Chas stripped and got into some thermals and sweats, gloves, and a hat.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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