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►Playing a blame game in air crash?
►Federal civilian workers have job fears as Trump moves to slash government payroll
-- Front Page Talking Points Archive
This week's word in the news: ATMOSPHERIC
DEFINITION:
Anything related to the atmosphere, which is the layer of gases surrounding a planet. An atmospheric river is a narrow corridor concentrated water vapor.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A major atmospheric river storm — strong enough to potentially rival some of the extreme storms that have walloped Southern California in recent winters — is barreling toward the coast, raising the specter of damaging landslides and flooding across the region.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 02/10/2025
