- present participle of billow.
billowing
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"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
He then erupts in flames twice his height, dark smoke billowing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
In the distance, she could see the billowing black smoke of a raging fire in nearby Gironde.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
It feels like a thunderstorm, gray clouds billowing across the sky.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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