vapor
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In the simulations, exposing Earth's atmosphere to a dense, cold cloud of galactic hydrogen increased atmospheric water vapor and changed conditions in the upper atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“That vapor in the coastal zone is going to make conditions more humid,” Gershunov said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Colder air can hold less water vapor, which normally acts like an insulating blanket around Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
He said it is likely that vapor could be present beneath homes, depending on the flow of groundwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Werner can see the vapor of his breath rise and disperse.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Did he inhale too deeply the vapors of power?
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
“There was no contamination, there were no fumes, there were no vapors that came from this incident. There was no leak.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
An industrial tank at a plant in Garden Grove, Calif., about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, has been leaking vapors since at least Thursday, authorities said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Southern California is bracing for a possible leak or explosion of toxic vapors from a damaged tank that has forced thousands of people to evacuate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Gagging on the vapors, I threw myself forward blindly, batting away the sparks that landed on my skin.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The Tribune must have more "kick," so it vapored about "a few daring New Yorkers" venturing into the "far West," discovering Chicago and telling their friends about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So Sube vapored on hoping wildly that something would occur to him.
From Sube Cane by Edward Bellamy Partridge
Mackenzie vapored and complained of others, formed plans one hour to change the next, and demonstrated the weakness of his shallow nature.
From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Gordon Sellar
The suck of fresh air under pressure, vapored like steam, whirled around them in gusts, and the water oozed and rippled beside 109 their feet as they went forward.
From The Plunderer by Douglas Duer
For a time he stormed about the Moorish halls, and vapored about the bastions, and looked down fire and sword upon the palace of the captain-general.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
The press was busy vaporing upon the significance of a de Valera free to roam the Free State.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Apparently the only contribution Fiver could make was this beetle-spirited vaporing.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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In later days the author threw what he probably supposed was the only existing manuscript of this vaporing effusion into the fire.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
Ralph, thy news has stirred me into vaporing, and the man who built the Orb mill is prating like a child.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey
The morning was hurrying by and this vaporing was a hindrance to be shuffled off.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
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