miasmas

variants also miasmata
plural of miasma
as in clouds
a vapor of something unpleasant or unhealthy A miasma of smog settled over the city. a miasma of foul-smelling smoke

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clouds
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  • Early Sunday on the same sparsely populated peninsula, the Krasheninnikov volcano spewed white ash clouds into the sky for the first time in hundreds of years.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities released a photo showing the towering waterfront home dwarfed by flames and clouds of black smoke.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Miasmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miasmas. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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