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miasma

[mahy-az-muh, mee-] / maɪˈæz mə, mi- /


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It wasn’t just, or even chiefly, the miasma of sleaze and corruption that seemed to surround her wherever she went.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Few writers since Henry James can create an atmosphere of doubt around events and character as effectively as this author does, and in “Venetian Vespers” the miasma thickens at every turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Above all, we experience a pervasive miasma of helplessness as we are forced to watch this intolerable train wreck.

From Salon • Sep. 20, 2025

It was a couple of weeks after the great smog had brought London to a standstill, and although that particularly foul miasma had dispersed, smog still regularly reduced visibility.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

A miasma of cinder-flecked smoke blackened its streets and at times reduced visibility to the distance of a single block, especially in winter, when coal furnaces were in full roar.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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