1
as in to steam
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
he silently fumed as his ex-girlfriend danced with her new beau
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2
as in to storm
to express one's anger usually violently
when she found out her driver's license was being suspended, she fumed, throwing papers across the room and shouting at the top of her lungs
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Recent Examples of fume
Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
Studies from Asia have also suggested secondhand smoke, fumes from cooking oils and a history of tuberculosis or other lung disease as possible culprits.
—Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Kimmel chose to fume that Damon was there with a trivia master.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 31 July 2025
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Verb
Combining some cleaning agents, such as bleach and ammonia, can create toxic fumes that can have dire consequences when inhaled.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2025
Studies from Asia have also suggested secondhand smoke, fumes from cooking oils and a history of tuberculosis or other lung disease as possible culprits.
—Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Noun
Shelters everywhere have struggled with overcrowding, including in San Jose, where last year a scathing audit of the city’s animal services left advocates fuming, and in Contra Costa County, whose shelter already follows Oakland’s new policy of turning some animals away.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2025
Kimmel chose to fume that Damon was there with a trivia master.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 31 July 2025
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Verb
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His observant approach to capturing the sights and sounds of New York’s Chinatown and Lower East Side — the streets packed with extras, the kitchens where Aishe works steaming and bustling — displays what can only be a documentarian’s attention to local detail and color.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Basically, the creator, who shares content on the platform using the handle @mothercould, takes a cup filled with hot water and a paper towel, and places her child's ear over the opening of the cup, steaming the ear.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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Tony and Zive take off, eluding Henry and the Interpol agents storming the hospital.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
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The song debuted in the top 10 of the Hot 100, a reminder that even amid chaos, Cardi can still storm the charts.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As street protests entered a second day, demonstrators set fire to the Supreme Court building, and smoke was seen pouring out of the country’s Parliament complex, The New York Times reported.—
Paige Bruton,
semafor.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Where there’s smoke, there might be fire.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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From excellence and respectability to rage and raunch to the abstract and avant-garde.—
Lauren Morrow
September 9,
Literary Hub,
9 Sep. 2025
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Maybe this works fine — until that kid leaves home to go to college or work and ends up in an urgent care in the middle of the night with raging flu symptoms or a broken wrist.—
Dr. Jill Grimes,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fair-weather waterspouts form along the base of clouds, starting on the water's surface and don't typically include high winds or thunderstorms, NOAA said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This path is for the organization that values neutrality and wants to manage all cloud providers as interchangeable resources.—
Serge Lucio,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Jets also failed twice to convert on two-point conversions, once in the first half (Braelon Allen was stuffed) and again in the fourth quarter — after needlessly burning a timeout, Fields forced a throw to Wilson, surrounded by three defensive backs, in the back right corner of the end zone.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An evil entity called Magatsu has been spreading its miasma around the world and that has consumed mana.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
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Commercially confidential plans, fast-changing chip efficiency trends, self-generation and a regulatory landscape that varies with each section line are all contributing to the forecasting miasma.—
Diganta Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The group is now investigating how to prevent lubricants used in electric vehicles from foaming; developing sustainable surfactants that don't contain fluoride or silicon; and finding ways to use proteins to stabilize milk foam, among other projects.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
26 Aug. 2025
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Enjoy your meal at twilight, gazing down at the foaming riptides of the Atlantic.—
Jeannette Cooperman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Fume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fume. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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