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Footage circulated on social media showing a plume of smoke rising from the aircraft, as firefighters were deployed to douse the flames.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

They were at the beach with friends when, at around 4 p.m. on July 23, Papin saw a plume of smoke rising from the thick forested area around Biscarrosse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The exterior walls of the 17th century Kumamoto Castle, in the city's centre, came toppling down in a plume of dust.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

They propose that magma from a thermal-chemical plume rose through the plate, created the dike swarms, and then reacted with the surrounding mantle rock.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

The wand was gone but she wore a big hat with an ostrich plume and she carried an enormous basket from which a turkey’s feet protruded.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

A whistle sounds in the distance, and the ground rattles as the train comes into view, plumes of steam billowing out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Although such plumes can produce enormous amounts of magma, scientists have not fully understood how that magma affects an oceanic plate that already exists above it.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

On Monday afternoon, footage on social media showed plumes of smoke rising above rooftops in Sanaa after the strikes at the city's international airport.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Videos of the response show crews dousing the building with water as flames leap through the roof of the market, sending black plumes of smoke into the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The palm fronds wave around their heads like ostrich plumes.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

A naming contest has been launched for the two eaglets born earlier this month to proud and plumed parents Jackie and Shadow, the widely followed bald eagle pair whose lives are streamed online.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

The King and Queen followed convention and were at the back of the procession dressed in white plumed hats and dark blue velvet robes, as were the other members of the order.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

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

We were too far away, or were seated behind the choir, or had our view blocked by a guardsman in a plumed helmet.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023

Hazel tried to avoid eye contact, but she caught Octavian at the head of the First Cohort smirking at her, looking smug in his plumed centurion’s helmet with a dozen medals pinned on his chest.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

As we’re now seeing again in other places, the skyline was pluming with smoke, and the National Guard drove in.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 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