noxious
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Swathes of smouldering forest, swamp and peatlands have turned the air thick with microparticles and carbon monoxide, creating a noxious cloud that has swaddled Indonesia and drifted as far as Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Dr Coralynn Sack, an occupational pulmonologist specialising in air pollution's effects on the body at the University of Washington, said the noxious fumes from wildfires are well known to pose "inhalational hazards" to firefighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Marble Hall Murders,” in which Lesley Manville returns as book-editor/sleuth Susan Ryeland, opens with a teenage coven of druidic pharmacists mixing a noxious potion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
When I crossed the river’s northern bend, I avoided glancing at the brownish water churning below, noxious with runoff from the slaughterhouses.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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