wafted

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Mr. Williams, a chef based in New York, was born and raised in a beachside village on St. Vincent, where the smell of kitchen smoke often wafted in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

At the impact site, a fresh evergreen scent wafted through the air from cypress trees whose branches were blown off in the strike.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Those sounds and smells wafted through that side of the building, but if I had lived in a single-family home, they may have come through my window — yikes!

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

On a recent morning, a sour-sweet stench wafted in the air, and a blanket of flies settled on the ground near the spilled produce boxes that amass after weeks of neglect.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025

He wafted away the smoke and looked down into the trailer.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy