into thin air

idiom

: in a very sudden and mysterious way
My keys seem to have vanished/disappeared into thin air.

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Recent Examples on the Web After that, the vessels seemingly vanished into thin air. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024 The other is Kate's lifelong obsession with figuring out how to use science to make a raging tornado literally vanish literally into thin air. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024 In light of the developments with the boat in San Remo, the inspector is also looking for a man by the name of Tom Ripley, who has seemingly disappeared into thin air. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024 This, despite getting nothing from her subject save for breadcrumb trails that went cold, leads that dissolved into thin air. Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for into thin air 

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“Into thin air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20thin%20air. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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