billow
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The region's oil export terminals have been hit several times in recent weeks, triggering massive fires that billow plumes of toxic black smoke into the atmosphere.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
At around 9:45 a.m. local time, people across Tehran were watching smoke billow from the leader’s compound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in northern New Jersey, and watched the smoke billow from the World Trade Center.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2025
I have just enough room in both shirts, but not so much that they billow unnecessarily out of my pants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
The sails billow bright white against a blue sky.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
AFP journalists who traveled to the landfill site by boat saw billows of thick, gray smoke completely enveloping houses on Salambao -- one of the islands from which people were evacuated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
His TikTok page billows with shortform clips from the crime scene—uploaded thrice-daily from his front-facing camera—offering benign commentary on the languishing investigation.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Cold vapor billows out of a cryotherapy chamber as the author steps in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Francis’s coat whipped out behind him in theatrical billows; he kept glancing furtively around to see if his inquisitor was anywhere nearby and from time to time he emitted a faint, self-pitying cough.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Three days after the gunfight, the gates were wide open, and window drapes billowed in the breeze.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Footage taken in the aftermath showed a fire blazing in what appeared to be a stairwell, while thick black plumes of smoke billowed from the upper floors.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
A plume of smoke billowed from the crash site as emergency vehicles sped towards it.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Roz started marching, and plumes of silt billowed up from each footfall.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
"Climate, changed," is the Observer's pithy headline, describing it as "the burning issue" overlaying smoke billowing from mountainside fires in Powys, Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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
Videos published by state media showed plumes of smoke billowing from the factory on Thursday, as firetrucks sprayed the building with water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Videos of the fire on social media show large flames emerging from the two top floors of the building with smoke billowing into the street.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It feels like a thunderstorm, gray clouds billowing across the sky.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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