become airborne
Example Sentences
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It warned that beyond the "contaminated water and soil, contaminants from the spilled mine tailings may also become airborne, posing a health threat if inhaled".
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025
Also, make sure the ash is tightly contained in a plastic bag — even double-bagged — so it can’t spill out of the trash and become airborne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2025
Further studies are required to understand how much of these potentially hazardous compounds become airborne as painted surfaces are drying.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2024
As the clothing ages and the chemicals in the surface treatment breakdown, the chemicals may become airborne.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 million tons of American topsoil had become airborne in that single storm.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
