exhaust fumes

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In November, the government began testing helicopter exhaust fumes, but it's understood that officials still believe there is no risk to health.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2025

A romance permeates Romero’s voice when she reminisces about the suffocating smog, exhaust fumes and plumes of ash and smoke from volcanic eruptions that from time to time engulfed the city where she was born.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

They come from vehicle exhaust fumes, power plant combustion, and burning wood, and present the highest health risk.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

The capital's more than 10 million vehicles, more than in any of India's other cities, compound the problem with their exhaust fumes.

From Reuters • Oct. 30, 2023

I sat on a Coke crate and watched pickups zoom by till I was nearly poisoned with exhaust fumes and boredom.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd