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fume

[fyoom] / fyum /


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Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Industry data shows that rates of fume events have been increasing, occurring in the U.S. on about 22 flights a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

What we do know from a recent Federal Aviation Administration-funded study is that fume events can release potentially harmful levels of gases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

On the first two legs, he and first officer Eric Tellman noticed a dirty sock-like smell—an indicator of a fume event—spreading through the Airbus A319 just as they started their descent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

“I see U.S. missiles,” he’d fume, “aimed at my dacha.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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