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Recent Examples of spume
But for all those currents to crash together in a great spume of music and emotion on December 18, 1962, artists and audiences required a special room, the basic apparatus of togetherness in Europe’s musical tradition.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
The rasp, first pressed into the ice block, tense as a spring, suddenly surfs across the berg, scraping up a spume of glittering white snow as stray flecks flutter into the air.
—Ethan Pan, Outside Online, 23 May 2024
The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume - evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning.
—Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume — evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
Standing on these beaches creates a sense of natural infinity – of white sand, of frothy spume, of blue-green water.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
In the intervening seven decades, the event has developed from a small sports-car show and race into a weeklong car-and-lifestyle bacchanal that blankets the Monterey Peninsula in plumes of blue smoke and champagne spume.
—Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
The rasp, first pressed into the ice block, tense as a spring, suddenly surfs across the berg, scraping up a spume of glittering white snow as stray flecks flutter into the air.
—Ethan Pan, Outside Online, 23 May 2024
The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume - evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning.
—Henry Wismayer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022
The water’s edge was frothed into a pink spume — evidence, Kolya speculated, that the artemia were spawning.
—Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
Standing on these beaches creates a sense of natural infinity – of white sand, of frothy spume, of blue-green water.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
In the intervening seven decades, the event has developed from a small sports-car show and race into a weeklong car-and-lifestyle bacchanal that blankets the Monterey Peninsula in plumes of blue smoke and champagne spume.
—Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spume
Noun
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The deep heel cup provides maximum stability, and the cushy natural foam helps distribute pressure evenly throughout the foot, creating a ridiculously comfortable and soft underfoot with every step.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Strain gently into a coupe or cocktail glass, express a lemon peel over the top and discard (for aroma), and decorate the foam with drops of angostura bitters (for visuals).—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The swells could produce life-threatening surf and rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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There are many Space Coast surf schools to choose from, and never a bad time of year to get in the water.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Spume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spume. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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