Example Sentences

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Officials say there is no immediate danger to residents as volcanic activity is currently limited to a confined area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Volcanoes rarely keep an open lava lake for long periods of time, let alone decades, as Erebus does.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024

Volcanoes are just very steep piles of junk — or at least, that’s how Bergantz puts it.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

Volcanoes are a common feature on the surfaces of solid planets within the solar system, resulting from magmatic activity occurring within the planetary crust.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Volcanoes inject debris into the atmospheres of the Earth and Io.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan