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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

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

“What do you think?” she said, twirling to make the dress billow.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

"Baptism of fire" is the Observer's headline, accompanied with a picture of a man wading into the ocean as smoke billows from the wildfires in the distance.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

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

Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Footage shared by local broadcaster Jijel News showed residents taking refuge in a post office as thick clouds of smoke billowed around them.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The night sky glowed orange and smoke billowed from the Dormition Cathedral in the Monastery of the Caves, also known as the Pechersk Lavra monastery complex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Black smoke billowed over the Iranian capital, with officials there warning of the hazardous health effects for residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 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

Mia stroked Izzy’s hair, which billowed out from beneath her fingers like plumes of smoke.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Columns of thick black smoke were still billowing into the sky from one of the factories hours after the hit, an AFP reporter saw.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

A whistle sounds in the distance, and the ground rattles as the train comes into view, plumes of steam billowing out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Dense wildfire smoke billowing down from Canada set off unhealthy air quality alerts across the United States on Friday, triggering concern over the weekend's World Cup final outside New York.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 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

Then his rolling gait retreated into the fog as the great red Bloomer engine huffed into the station, billowing steam.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood