miasma

as in cloud
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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Recent Examples of miasma For weeks, the party has been lost in a miasma of gloom at the prospect that Trump could win and the GOP could end up with control of both chambers of Congress. Eugene Robinson, Washington Post, 22 July 2024 Such a vast landscape sometimes makes the action of the film feel unmoored, with one collection of scenes showing Maxine reacting to a vague miasma of murder around her. Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 5 July 2024 The plot, for all its love of science and reason, is a miasma of magic, melodrama, corny emotionality, and gangster-movie politics. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 May 2024 Putin’s assertions, of course, are historical miasmas, infused with a brew of temporal and factual contradictions. Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022 See all Example Sentences for miasma 

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“Miasma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miasma. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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