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Swathes of smouldering forest, swamp and peatlands have turned the air thick with microparticles and carbon monoxide, creating a noxious cloud that has swaddled Indonesia and drifted as far as Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Heavy Metal” mostly leaned minimal, with spare electronics and occasional percussion, and here Mr. Winter’s piano is thick with chords and repeating pulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The air was thick with the stench of a decomposing dog, left out to rot with no residents around to remove it.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

The air is thick with possibility, with futility, with the truth that some hunger is never fed.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

“I’ll have a tray sent up right quick,” Cook said, her voice thick with disapproval.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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