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spume

noun

ˈspyüm

Definition of spume

as in foam

a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid spume floating on the ocean

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Recent Examples of spume 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 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 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 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 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. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024

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Despite their sleek silhouette, these flats are built with layers of latex and foam cushioning to absorb impact and keep your feet comfortable throughout the day.

— Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
The blaze burned for eight days beginning June 17 and involved solar panels, insulation foam and other industrial materials.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

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Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Everywhere, in big cities and small towns, there’s an increase in the adultification of children, even the well-off ones, even the ones raised by gentle parents, even the ones with skate and surf camps, guitar lessons, and college funds.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

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