billow
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Clouds billow and curl; chariots race upward, representing sutras that may deliver you to heaven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Thick clouds of red dust billow skyward as earthmovers cut roads through the Abujhmad hills of India's central Chhattisgarh state, the last holdout of a nearly 60-year insurgency that has cost 12,000 lives.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in northern New Jersey, and watched the smoke billow from the World Trade Center.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2025
Intense pyrocumulonimbus plumes billow from the raging Park fire in Northern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
A gust of wind, hitting a pile of chaff, will scatter all the parched stuff far and wide; just so, when this gigantic billow struck the boat’s big timbers flew apart.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Smoke still billows over the city center as lunchtime approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
His TikTok page billows with shortform clips from the crime scene—uploaded thrice-daily from his front-facing camera—offering benign commentary on the languishing investigation.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Cold vapor billows out of a cryotherapy chamber as the author steps in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
My feelings leak out my eyes, crumpling my face, heave through my frame as I imagine the dogs, hoping for a rescue, staring at the door as the smoke billows in.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
Black smoke billowed over the Iranian capital, with officials there warning of the hazardous health effects for residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
As the eruption column billowed into the sky, day turned to night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
A plume of smoke billowed from the crash site as emergency vehicles sped towards it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Their banners of silk billowed in the breeze.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
She told the trial of billowing black smoke rising up the stairs while she was in the house with her partner and her daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Pauline Dujancourt's London Fashion Week show epitomised this style - focusing on maximum volume and billowing fabrics.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Following the show — billowing shapes, punk-y hair sculptures, all classically Collina — we walked into a whimsical picnic complete with a margarita fountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A whistle sounds in the distance, and the ground rattles as the train comes into view, plumes of steam billowing out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ahead, the ocean gently shimmered, and then clouds of dust came billowing past the robot.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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