foam
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McCarthy bought his foam pillow, which has tubular spaces for ventilation, five years ago for about £50.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The monument will be installed in a park in Callao, a nearby port city, after being coated with polyurethane foam and fiberglass, and finished with a marble dust.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
“We funded Chinook helicopters to drop more water and foam on the fire. We were doing anything we could, at frankly any expense, to try to minimize the impact of this fire on the community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet the white foam of the waves, the snow covering Mount Fuji, and the clouds in the sky contain no white pigment at all.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Soon enough the dwarfs’ beards were floating in the foam and there was panic in their eyes.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The company said the Department of Defence kept using the PFAS-containing firefighting foams for two decades after it stopped selling the product in Australia.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
"It was thought that the emissions of these substances as a feedstock were minor compared to things like refrigerants and foams," Western says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2026
In practice, even foams just a few tens of centimeters high can leak easily.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
His mouth foams; he shakes her with all his own shock and indignation.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
The straw made from foamed CDA was a prototype to see if increasing the surface area would accelerate break down.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
Products like single-use packaging, plastic resins, foamed plastic insulation, bottles and containers, among many others, add to global greenhouse emissions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Since then, Queensland has been using a process called foamed bitumen stabilisation.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
It foamed and raged and swept citizens along in its wake, but Nora alone was strong enough to outjump it.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2021
It hissed and foamed, but didn’t seem very hurt.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“There are contestants that become very polarizing and you’ll have people absolutely foaming at the mouth wanting them to lose,” says former champion Mattea Roach, speaking from experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
They frequently contain colors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, thickeners, foaming agents and emulsifiers, and typically cannot be produced in the home.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Symptoms of muscarine poisoning include muscle cramps, blurred vision, foaming from the mouth, vomiting and diarrhea.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
Those two are probably foaming at the mouth about now.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
