exhaust fumes

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Catalytic converters turn toxic gases into water vapor and carbon dioxide, making car exhaust fumes less environmentally damaging.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Down on Estonia’s southern border with Latvia, ageing British Challenger 2 tanks and other 1980s-era armoured vehicles lurch over farmland, belching exhaust fumes into the clear spring air.

From BBC • May 31, 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