vapor

Example Sentences

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A state contractor plugged all 21 oil wells at the AllenCo Energy drill site in University Park, preventing the release of noxious gases and chemical vapors into the densely populated South Los Angeles neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times

Swift detected hydroxyl when the comet was nearly three times farther from the Sun than Earth is, well beyond the region where surface ice would normally turn directly into vapor.

From Science Daily

“MHF is simply too dangerous to use. It is a flesh-eating, low-crawling, toxic vapor cloud. Our communities will not be safe until this chemical is gone.”

From Los Angeles Times

Farther from the sun, water freezes into ice, which is easier for growing planets to collect than water vapor.

From Science Daily

That storm turned water vapor into ice at natural gas wellheads, blocking fuel production.

From Barron's