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vapor

[vey-per] / ˈveɪ pər /


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The emergency started Thursday, when the fire department responded to a vapor leak from a 34,000-gallon tank at a Garden Grove, Calif., plant belonging to GKN Aerospace, a British maker of jet parts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

"If it does explode and there is a vapor, you are all safe as long as you are out of the zone that was determined to be an evacuation zone," she said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

One tank on Thursday did release vapor after the tank experienced an increase in temperature.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

The observations show that the planet's atmosphere is surprisingly dense and filled with heavier molecules, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and traces of methane.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Nommo rains from a cloud, rises in the vapor from a human mouth: a song, a scream, a prayer.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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