volcanic
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The trial also showed Musk’s volcanic temper and mercurial side.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
A passenger from the hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship is in quarantine on tiny Pitcairn Island, a volcanic outcrop in the South Pacific famously settled by mutineers from the HMS Bounty.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The woman - who has not been publicly named - was currently isolating on Pitcairn, the only inhabited of the four volcanic islands of the British Overseas Territory.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
According to this idea, the eruption caused a volcanic winter that lasted as long as six years and pushed the global human population down to fewer than 10,000 people.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
“After the first eruptions,” he said, “white volcanic ash rained from the sky for months. The dead and dying were covered in it. So now to wear white is to remember the dead.”
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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