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[ploom] / plum /


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Those chlorine atoms then reacted with methane in the plume, helping destroy some of the methane released during the eruption.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

Video from the airport showed the plane landing before disappearing from view, followed by a plume of black smoke.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

The combination of extreme heat, gusty winds and low humidity brings a “significant risk” of “large plume dominated fires with rapid fire spread and extreme fire behavior,” according to forecasters.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

A huge area at the border has been blanketed by a thick plume of yellowish smoke, with fumes detected as far as eastern France, where authorities issued an air-pollution alert.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Cassiopeia pointed and waved her plume excitedly, no doubt hoping for another ostrich sighting.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The construction site will be wrapped with underwater silt curtains but Leidich worries the marine lakes will be contaminated by sediment plumes.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Video shared on social media showed a crashed plane with the Amazon logo on the tail engulfed in plumes of black smoke.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Footage on social media shows large plumes of smoke permeating through the streets of the village as sirens ring out.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

One night, a nearby pile of burning garbage sent plumes of smoke into the air, making her gag at the smell, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Aphrodites children were running around straightening everybody’s armor and offering to comb the tangles out of our horsehair plumes.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

A naming contest has been launched for the two eaglets born this month to proud and plumed parents Jackie and Shadow, the widely followed Big Bear bald eagle pair whose lives are streamed online.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The service sees knights take part in a procession to the chapel dressed in green velvet robes and white plumed hats.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2023

Radioactive fallout plumed over the area but the public was never warned, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a publication founded in 1945 by nuclear physicists concerned about the dangers of atomic weapons.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2022

On Wednesday, Beefeaters from the Tower of London and members of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in magnificent plumed helmets stood guard.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2022

They rode through soft green rounded hills, a sunny mom, a splendid air, moving toward adventure as rode the plumed knights of old.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Stepping out of the truck, Avery looked up and saw flames and smoke pluming into the night sky.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2023

Elizabeth Leddy, 28, from Poole said: "The amount of smoke pluming out was like no heath fire I've seen before."

From BBC Apr. 24, 2022

Crews arrived to find heavy fire and black smoke pluming from the single-level home.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2021

As we’re now seeing again in other places, the skyline was pluming with smoke, and the National Guard drove in.

From Slate Jun. 3, 2020

Next to her, still pluming with smoke, was a pile of the demon’s ashes.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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