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vapor

[vey-per] / ˈveɪ pər /


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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

"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

One of the tanks on Thursday released vapor after the tank experienced an increase in temperature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The researchers also examined the effects of ozone and water vapor.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Dogs barked; a couple of bats hunted moths around Harlan Betchel’s mercury vapor security lamp; the evening pulsed gently like a calm heart.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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