foam
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He admits he wrote to an associate choreographer asking if there was a solution — possibly making them from plastic foam — and was politely reminded that they would be lighted on fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The property also features a sizable media room, an expansive primary suite—with his-and-her closets and a spalike bathroom—and a playroom with its own stage and foam pit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
You can then progress to standing on a folded towel or foam pad.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Busakorn also noted that the stage was decorated using highly flammable materials such as plastic flowers, while the ceiling was plastered with combustible foam.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
At my old school, I did a project about propulsion using two-liter soda bottles, some pipe, and Nerf-ish foam rockets.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
The three movements include “an invocation to hands that weave”; “a meeting of foams, needles, songs, threats and pulsations”; and what Negrón calls “an archipelago of resonances and possibilities.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
One of the chemicals found by both the EA and the independent testing is PFOS, a substance banned in the UK due to potential carcinogenic risks, often used in firefighting foams.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Since foams are widely used in products ranging from cleaning solutions to pharmaceuticals, understanding how they behave is essential for improving their performance, such as creating foams that resist drainage.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
They placed these foams between transparent plates and positioned them upright, allowing them to directly observe how liquid moved inside.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 23, 2026
His mouth foams; he shakes her with all his own shock and indignation.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
The straw made from foamed CDA was a prototype to see if increasing the surface area would accelerate break down.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2024
Also banned are disposable cups and takeaway food containers made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2023
Products like single-use packaging, plastic resins, foamed plastic insulation, bottles and containers, among many others, add to global greenhouse emissions.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Visible through a tangle of sea-grape trees, swells gently foamed over the inshore reefs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
Together they plunged over a fall of green-hued stone, and foamed down into a dell.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It helps nurture a slower, older way of life, with pocket flocks and modest dairy herds enclosed by thick hedgerows foaming with cow parsley and twittering songbirds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Initial findings from the investigation into the blaze suggest that it was caused by sparklers igniting soundproof foaming that lined the ceiling.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
They frequently contain colors, flavor enhancers, sweeteners, thickeners, foaming agents and emulsifiers, and typically cannot be produced in the home.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Because I know from experience that some of you are frothing, foaming and itching to reach out and tell me that illegal means illegal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2025
We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
