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atmosphere

[at-muhs-feer] / ˈæt məsˌfɪər /
NOUN
gases around the earth
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But Iraola's players then capitulated amid a febrile atmosphere, as spirited hosts led by interim boss Dirk Kuyt - a Liverpool hero of years gone by - pulled off a shock Champions League comeback victory.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The atmosphere in Talarico's hometown of Round Rock was buzzing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

More intriguingly, the measurements provide new evidence that a nearby companion star is physically disturbing the giant star's atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

A handful of the windows are triangular-shaped and follow the home’s angular roofline to establish an expansive, airy atmosphere.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

“I even miss the toxic yellow atmosphere of Number Seventy-Four.”

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

The Next Generation Very Large Array, an observatory currently under development, is expected to make detailed studies of nearby stars and their atmospheres much easier.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The explanation lies in the extraordinary density of white dwarf atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

But new observations reveal that the atmospheres surrounding some of these scorching alien worlds can have surprisingly uneven shapes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Obtaining these measurements requires instruments capable of distinguishing extremely fine details in the light collected from distant planetary atmospheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Perhaps organisms that float in dense planetary atmospheres will be very much like us in their atomic composition, except they might not have bones and therefore not need much calcium.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Eric Ambler led a school during the United Front period of the '30s with wonderfully atmosphered thrillers in which the heroes, or their allies, were Soviet security men.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or rather, it left its ghosts behind it, ever shifting forms and shadows, each atmosphered in its own ethereal mood.

From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald

It had atmosphered itself with rich perfume, and something far richer, for three thousand miles.

From Among the Forces by Henry White Warren

Not after all the other new Earths, freezing cold or methane atmosphered or at best completely waterless.

From The First Day of Spring by Mari Wolf


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