fume
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But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It's one thing to look at chemistry and a set of materials at the single cell level in a fume hood," said Bailey.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In that incident, an Air Canada jet ran into an emergency vehicle on the runway that was racing to deal with a potential fume event on a United Airlines flight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
“I see U.S. missiles,” he’d fume, “aimed at my dacha.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Soledad Martinez, a 77-year-old resident who has lived in the neighborhood for 45 years, said the fumes and uncertainty had made life in her neighborhood unbearable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Tom Smith KC, for TG Jones, told the hearing that the business is "highly distressed" and "running on fumes at the moment".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The fire has been contained to the warehouse but continues to burn, spewing fumes that smell of burning plastic.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
Low in the East there were black bars of cloud like the fumes of a great burning.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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"What a horrible situation," fumed Yelena, as the couple waited in their car.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
He fumed when a group member suggested printing ‘Stop AI’ on purple shirts rather than red.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Former England striker Gary Lineker wrote on X that it "might be the worst VAR decision I've seen... extraordinary given the significance" and McInnes fumed at the call afterwards.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Then, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch on Aug. 6, 1974, Goldwater fumed, “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many.”
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
Nyame fumed, his robes flapping in the ash-flecked wind.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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And he sure did, fuming at her publicly and privately for several days in a row.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
As we drove home, we were both fuming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
But recent posts on Instagram, TikTok and as far afield as China's RedNote showing the town's Tasman Drive have left residents fuming that their little slice of paradise has turned into an internet sensation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
The president is fuming at the justices as they prepare to take up his next big case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
Aunt Ivy was still fuming about the whole thing and refused to come to the station.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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