vapor trail

noun

: contrail

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Many Californians have gawked at the big, bright vapor trail made by SpaceX rockets carrying Starlink satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024 Afterwards, any pizza plans are scuppered when the sound of police sirens fills the air and the skyline becomes a blitz of vapor trails. —

Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 June 2024 Advertisement Although few people had even heard of atmospheric rivers just a couple of decades ago, research into the mammoth vapor trails has proved critical to California water planning and public safety. —

Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024 But this parallels the storm's counterclockwise swing and its atmospheric river, a vapor trail that has soaked up tropical precipitation near Hawaii and swept it northeast to California. —

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