dissipation trail

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noun

a clear rift left behind an aircraft flying through a thin cloud layer.

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Also called distrail.

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Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
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To break her self-destructive cycle and heal, she decides to hike 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail solo.
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Mothers pushed their children's heads down and they sped through town, leaving a trail of machine-gun shells in their wake.
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One seemed particularly promising, by a trail with a big pile of natural brush to furnish a screen.
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Instead, that trail seems to lead to another Spinal Solutions contractor, Ryan Zavilenski.
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No trail was so obtuse, no thicket so dense that members of that regiment would not track them to their lair.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
If it should ever be my lot to take the Long Trail at short notice, I hope it will be under a blue sky and a blazing sun.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
When we got down into the bottom Mac turned aside to the deep-worn trail and glanced sharply down at the ruts.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She had been walking alone with her arms hanging limp, letting her white skirts trail along the dewy path.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke