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fume

[fyoom] / fyum /


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Angel now looks like Italy’s PM and parishioners fume.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Industry data shows that rates of fume events have been increasing, occurring in the U.S. on about 22 flights a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Shortly after, 39 members of Congress wrote to FAA administrator Bryan Bedford to ask for the agency to accelerate efforts to address fume events and provide a new mechanism for passengers to report incidents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Former US Airways flight attendant Sylvia Baird was one of seven pilots and flight attendants who were exposed to a severe fume event on a Boeing 767 in January 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Ranofer, flushing hot as he coaxed the flame, could only fume at his own bungling.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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