vapor trail

noun

: contrail

Examples of vapor trail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Afterwards, any pizza plans are scuppered when the sound of police sirens fills the air and the skyline becomes a blitz of vapor trails. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 June 2024 Advertisement Although few people had even heard of atmospheric rivers just a couple of decades ago, research into the mammoth vapor trails has proved critical to California water planning and public safety. —

Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024 But this parallels the storm's counterclockwise swing and its atmospheric river, a vapor trail that has soaked up tropical precipitation near Hawaii and swept it northeast to California. —

NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024 Alphabet’s Google and American Airlines used AI to help planes create fewer vapor trails, which contribute to global warming. —

Nuha Dolby, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for vapor trail

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