in the clouds
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As Eran Shalev, a professor of history at Haifa University, shows in “The Star-Spangled Republic,” Lemen was hardly the only patriot with his head in the clouds.
The lesson continues for a while, but I’m in the clouds.
From Literature
He said he was "watching the weather forecast like a hawk" before finally getting a gap in the clouds and his chance to take his photo.
From BBC
But the process doesn't always work and is dependent on the right amount of moisture and humidity in the clouds to allow for ice nuclei to form.
From BBC
The trial is likely to be repeated in the coming weeks after the moisture levels in the clouds increases again, Delhi's Environment Minister Manjinder Sirsa told reporters.
From BBC
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