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fume

[fyoom] / fjum /


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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

Pale mists shimmered in the great vale below: a wide gulf of silver fume, beneath which rolled the cool night-waters of the Anduin.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

A huge area at the border has been blanketed by a thick plume of yellowish smoke, with fumes detected as far as eastern France, where authorities issued an air-pollution alert.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

She works mostly under a hood, which vents the chemical and fecal fumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Tom Smith KC, for TG Jones, told the hearing that the business is "highly distressed" and "running on fumes at the moment".

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Burbank, the San Gabriel Valley and many other parts of the city and county reported seeing and smelling the fumes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 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

He fumed when a group member suggested printing ‘Stop AI’ on purple shirts rather than red.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Former England striker Gary Lineker wrote on X that it "might be the worst VAR decision I've seen... extraordinary given the significance" and McInnes fumed at the call afterwards.

From BBC May 13, 2026

Then, at the regular Senate Republican Conference lunch on Aug. 6, 1974, Goldwater fumed, “There are only so many lies you can take, and now there has been one too many.”

From Salon May 8, 2026

"You can't close off a square to the workers of Turkey. Everyone uses Taksim, for official ceremonies, for celebrations. Only the labourers, the workers, the poor find the square closed to them," he fumed.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

“I just cain’t understand it,” Mama fumed, getting up to pace the hall just the way Grandpa had.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

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

Harry Maguire's special day - following his England recall - was spoiled by his sending off at Vitality Stadium, but it was the performance of the officials that had United fuming.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

He trundled off to break up the fight, leaving a fuming Finnegan in his wake.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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