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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
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 • Nov. 1, 2025
By spotting the beach through a brief break in the clouds, he was able to get an unpowered airplane on the ground with all seven people on the flight surviving.
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2025
The dust promotes the formation of ice crystals in the clouds.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
If a comet or an asteroid dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter, we would not expect a visible crater, only a momentary break in the clouds.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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