waft
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Equipment makers are developing machines that are more energy-efficient, and ventilation systems that waft aroma through the lobby—an old-school marketing tactic that still does the trick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
On Thursday, in one over from Scott Boland, he was hit by a bouncer, almost pinned lbw and missed with a wild waft reminiscent of the second of those Brisbane brain fades.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
With movement, their vertical skirt layers waft open, like the turning pages of a book.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Singaporean poet Hsien Min Toh's poem, Durians, opens by referring to the fruit's "unmistakeable waft: like garbage and onions and liquid petroleum gas all mixed in one".
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024
Cold air and the waft of a comforting smell blast me in my face.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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