contrail
noun
con·trail
ˈkän-ˌtrāl 
: streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes
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There’s admittedly something a little perverse about being a contrail enthusiast.
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Kate Folk, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
By burning cleaner, these fuels also reduce non-CO2 impacts like contrail formation, significantly reducing aviation’s climate footprint.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Gradually, my life became sumptuary and monastic, but this was more or less a survival tactic, since my own bouts of addiction had, throughout my twenties, left me with a contrail of two suicide attempts.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The chemtrail theory is the belief that the government is secretly adding toxic chemicals to the atmosphere from aircrafts, similar to contrails.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 20 Mar. 2024
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Kate Folk, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
By burning cleaner, these fuels also reduce non-CO2 impacts like contrail formation, significantly reducing aviation’s climate footprint.
—Phil De Luna, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Gradually, my life became sumptuary and monastic, but this was more or less a survival tactic, since my own bouts of addiction had, throughout my twenties, left me with a contrail of two suicide attempts.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The chemtrail theory is the belief that the government is secretly adding toxic chemicals to the atmosphere from aircrafts, similar to contrails.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Contrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrail. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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contrail
noun
con·trail
ˈkän-ˌtrāl
: a stream of visible water or ice particles created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes
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