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fume

[fy-mey] / füˈmeɪ /


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Toxic fumes can leak into the cabin and cockpit of almost every jetliner flying today—from small business jets to the world’s biggest aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal

The effects of fume events are often fleeting, mild or present no symptoms at all.

From The Wall Street Journal

She started at cosmetology school, but didn’t finish because the fumes from acrylic nails sent her to the hospital, she said.

From MarketWatch

She started at cosmetology school, but didn’t finish because the fumes from acrylic nails sent her to the hospital, she said.

From MarketWatch

The play earned O’Neill his second Pulitzer Prize for drama, but he fumed at the way critics accused him of copping out with what seemed to them a happy ending.

From Los Angeles Times