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clouds

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  1. Particles of water or ice suspended in the air. (See cirrus clouds, cumulus clouds, nimbus clouds, and stratus clouds.)

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"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The press corps headed outside, where clouds that had threatened to cancel the launch had evaporated.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"The intense heat and radiation split the molecular hydrogen that makes up vast, interstellar gas clouds, quenching its potential to accumulate and turn into new stars."

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

On the morning of Feb. 19, I awoke to the fiery red clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

But the sky was turning orange, and the clouds were getting heavier.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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