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Results from computer memory stocks Sandisk and Western Digital weren’t quite good enough, casting a pall over the broader AI and tech stock complex this morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times, as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

Pope Leo XIV is set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar.

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

The merger with Paramount, which the companies aim to close by the end of September, has cast a pall over Warner Bros., making its box-office success this year bittersweet.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

And when the last rocket burst and the cheering died away the night that had been fine before seemed dull and heavy in contrast, the sky became a pall.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The immediate damage is clear to see, with heavy palls of smoke hanging over the blackened and charred landscape, but a conservation expert said the long-term damage could take hundreds of years to repair.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

But the inconvenience of shopping in tropical heat palls compared with farmers afraid their harvests will be scant due to a lack of fertilizer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2022

I read him all the time, and he never palls.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

At the end of that year, an Observer correspondent noted large palls of smoke appearing over government offices in Jerusalem.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2020

Chicago seemed an unreal city whose mythical houses were built of slabs of black coal wreathed in palls of gray smoke, houses whose foundations were sinking slowly into the dank prairie.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright