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volcano

[vol-key-noh] / vɒlˈkeɪ noʊ /


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Poços de Caldas, a city built in the caldera of an extinct volcano, has become one of the centers of the rush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Shepreth Wildlife Park in Cambridgeshire said the new building featured a range of interactive screens and projections to aid understanding, including an erupting volcano.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

In January 2022, the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai in the South Pacific produced one of the most powerful eruptions in modern history.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

More than a year earlier, he had completed his second arduous journey to the foothills of the inactive volcano of Chimborazo, in Ecuador, to make preparatory drawings and oil sketches for this roughly 10-foot-wide work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

If the volcano had erupted even an hour later, many more scientists would’ve been within the devastated area.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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