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vapor

[vey-per] / ˈveɪ pər /


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Walking through the space, I passed between the steam room and saunas of the traditional vapor and infrared variety.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The emergency started Thursday, when the fire department responded to a vapor leak from a 34,000-gallon tank at a Garden Grove, Calif., plant belonging to GKN Aerospace, a British maker of jet parts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

At one point, the tank began bulging, and “it got to a point where it does what we call a BLEVE, which is a ‘boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion,’” Covey said Friday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"If it does explode and there is a vapor, you are all safe as long as you are out of the zone that was determined to be an evacuation zone," she said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

The apparition’s dark hair undulated like vapor in a breeze.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull




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