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The region's oil export terminals have been hit several times in recent weeks, triggering massive fires that billow plumes of toxic black smoke into the atmosphere.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

And the roof, in turn, seems to billow from the chapel’s main tower, a white, silo-like mass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 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

Libonati remained in his vehicle and escaped, watching black smoke billow in his rearview mirror as his childhood neighborhood went up in flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Dust would billow in the air as they went by, like golden clouds.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 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

The internet billows with sobering images of derelict casinos and abandoned food halls, often emblazoned with apocalyptic all-caps exhortations of doom: “5 Reasons Why Las Vegas is DYING!”

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025

Cold vapor billows out of a cryotherapy chamber as the author steps in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

Phil walks over to the beach and lofts the plaid blanket in the air; it billows out as he brings it to rest on the sand.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

Plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 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

A plume of smoke billowed from the crash site as emergency vehicles sped towards it.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Her dress sleeves billowed out like bat wings.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Wildfires burning in Canada have sent the noxious smog billowing across the border, with residents in New York, Washington and the US Midwest urged to stay indoors due to dangerously low air quality.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Videos published by state media showed plumes of smoke billowing from the factory on Thursday, as firetrucks sprayed the building with water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Videos of the fire on social media show large flames emerging from the two top floors of the building with smoke billowing into the street.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Another AFP journalist on the Israeli side of the border saw smoke billowing behind the historic Beaufort Castle, a strategic position not far from Nabatieh that Israel captured last month.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

The spring breeze blew the curtains into the room like billowing sails, and the nursery filled with the scent of clouds, and sky, and apple, mustard, and cheddar sandwiches.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood