plume
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The residents have co-opted Kim's poetic nom de plume "Su-wha" for their moribund tree.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Detecting formaldehyde inside a volcanic plume in the stratosphere, however, pushed the instrument well beyond the conditions for which its standard measurements are normally designed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Video from the airport showed the plane landing before disappearing from view, followed by a plume of black smoke.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Cars and batteries and plastics and metals and other things were incinerated, and a toxic plume traveled for miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Surrounding the plume seen in visible light is a vast cloud, bright in reflected ultraviolet sunlight and composed of very small particles.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The construction site will be wrapped with underwater silt curtains but Leidich worries the marine lakes will be contaminated by sediment plumes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Video shared on social media showed a crashed plane with the Amazon logo on the tail engulfed in plumes of black smoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
One night, a nearby pile of burning garbage sent plumes of smoke into the air, making her gag at the smell, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Institute of Volcanology reported that ash plumes were rising to more than 6,000 meters, with ash falling on nearby communities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The land under the castle swelled—it rose and rose and rose, and great plumes of smoke and ash came billowing from its center.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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A naming contest has been launched for the two eaglets born this month to proud and plumed parents Jackie and Shadow, the widely followed Big Bear bald eagle pair whose lives are streamed online.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Black smoke plumed over a hill from a botanical gardens on the other side of the hill, he said, and within minutes their community was engulfed in tall orange flames.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
On Wednesday, Beefeaters from the Tower of London and members of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in magnificent plumed helmets stood guard.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
The Queen takes part in an annual procession with members of the order at Windsor Castle, wearing velvet robes and plumed hats.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2021
He trotted up and down the ranks, his plumed helmet gleaming, his legs decked in bronze greaves.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Stepping out of the truck, Avery looked up and saw flames and smoke pluming into the night sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
Elizabeth Leddy, 28, from Poole said: "The amount of smoke pluming out was like no heath fire I've seen before."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022
Crews arrived to find heavy fire and black smoke pluming from the single-level home.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
“I’m not very good,” he laughs, his breath pluming the air.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2020
A thousand feet below her, a half-mile-wide caldera yawned at the top of a mountain, white steam pluming from the centre.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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