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Equipment makers are developing machines that are more energy-efficient, and ventilation systems that waft aroma through the lobby—an old-school marketing tactic that still does the trick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

On Thursday, in one over from Scott Boland, he was hit by a bouncer, almost pinned lbw and missed with a wild waft reminiscent of the second of those Brisbane brain fades.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025

“If I get low enough, there will be a waft of methane,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

With movement, their vertical skirt layers waft open, like the turning pages of a book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025

He gave the coffin lid a yank, sending another waft of odor floating up.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The scent of Mexican spiced coffee brewed in a clay pot wafts through the front room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

"Life is short as a drying drop of water. Don't be sad," a singer's voice wafts into the street.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

On summer nights the sound of laughter from pubs and bars wafts through his neighbourhood - but so does the stench of rubbish.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

A grin plays across his face as the unmistakable jangle of Tim McGraw’s “I Like It, I Love It” wafts through the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

Nothing like the floral wafts that once calmed me.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai

The smells that have wafted through the neighborhood since June 17 — fire smoke and rotting meat — were much lighter than previous days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

The smell of manure and dirt wafted in the humid air.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

"Still, being together with our people again, coming home is such a blessing," she said, as the smell of incense wafted through her house, out towards jasmine trees in bloom.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Mr. Williams, a chef based in New York, was born and raised in a beachside village on St. Vincent, where the smell of kitchen smoke often wafted in the breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Strange smells wafted in the air around them as the Witchlings peered around the brick building and saw Mr. Dimblewit pulling something from a barrel.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Growing up in southwest France, where her father made wine and her mother operated a bed-and-breakfast, Ms. de Ferrier enjoyed how the fragrance of the château’s garden swirled with the scents wafting from the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Taken along with the overall stink that still hangs on the Globes, which joins the general toxicity wafting in the air a mere 11 days into 2026, however, it’s all pretty deflating.

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026

One woman walked wordlessly through the neighborhood, wafting a smudge stick of burning sage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

The acrid smoke wafting from burning waste in her neighbourhood in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, made it hard to breathe.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

The two ships were tilting at each other like jousters with spiked lances, the fog wafting around them as they prepared for battle.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee