fume
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But if you’re honest, you also loved watching the guy dumb enough to buy it fume over the futility of his impulses.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
"It's one thing to look at chemistry and a set of materials at the single cell level in a fume hood," said Bailey.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They worry about how much water these buildings use and fume at the amount of electricity they consume.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
I was just in the mood to enjoy hearing Aunt Loma fuss and fume.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
At issue is whether the reported fumes are an isolated problem—or point to a broader vulnerability in the air-supply system used on nearly every commercial aircraft flying today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
One of the affected aircraft from Air Corsica’s fleet is currently with ATR at its facilities in Toulouse, France, where the manufacturer is running tests to identify the source of the reported fumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Dr Coralynn Sack, an occupational pulmonologist specialising in air pollution's effects on the body at the University of Washington, said the noxious fumes from wildfires are well known to pose "inhalational hazards" to firefighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Another clear indication of a franchise running on fumes is that its most appealing element is now increasingly convoluted and tedious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
He’s keeping the windows and doors open to let out the fumes or he’ll get dizzy.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
The media were trying "to make her a celebrity," fumed Friedan, "but no one should mistake her for a leader."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"If you're not making the tips, what good is the tax credit?" he fumed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
As some residents fumed about the restrictions, they asked why managers of Las Virgenes weren’t taking a hard look at desalination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Later, while Dad retreated to the living room and Mom fumed in the kitchen, the football boys from Coalwood gathered in Jim’s room, plotting futile anarchy.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
And he sure did, fuming at her publicly and privately for several days in a row.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
As we drove home, we were both fuming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
"The rest of the lads will be fuming if I take much longer," he said as he left the stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Even President Trump, who had spent the previous year fuming at the Fed chair he had appointed, called to congratulate Powell as “my most improved player.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
He's like fuming, so upset he can hardly talk.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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