Example Sentences

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A new investigation by the Associated Press found methane is billowing from oil and gas equipment in the Permian Basin in Texas and companies under report it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2022

Gases that emanate from the volcano can be dangerous if inhaled, and while the plume is billowing away from people, the wind could change and send it over areas where the public gathers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2021

In the case of Congressman Blake Farenthold, the smoke is billowing out of his suite in the Rayburn House Office Building.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2017

“At this time of year, you can barely make it through the path because everything is billowing out,” Ms. Ridder recently said of the garden, now three years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 22, 2016

Or maybe it was more like when the fire bells clang on Cold Sassy’s horse-drawn fire engine and you just got to go chasing after it to where the smoke is billowing up.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns