vapors

Example Sentences

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The Orange County health officer and fire officials have insisted there have been no vapors or chemical leaks over the course of the six-day crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

An industrial tank at a plant in Garden Grove, Calif., about 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, has been leaking vapors since at least Thursday, authorities said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Tens of thousands told to evacuate as a tank of methyl methacrylate at an aerospace plastics facility poses a risk of leaking potentially toxic vapors in the air.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

One hundred feet into the square, Café Iruña’s terrace and vapors of freshly brewed coffee beckon.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

José Arcadio Segundo, devoured by baldness, indifferent to the air that had been sharpened by the nauseating vapors, was still reading and rereading the unintelligible parchments.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez