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
And the roof, in turn, seems to billow from the chapel’s main tower, a white, silo-like mass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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
When the winds got especially fierce, like they did last week, smoke would billow back down the chimney and fill the living room.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
A gust of wind, hitting a pile of chaff, will scatter all the parched stuff far and wide; just so, when this gigantic billow struck the boat’s big timbers flew apart.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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