paño de humo

(n.) = pall of smoke, smoke pall, smokescreen

Ex. The drought was exacerbated by huge conflagrations of the rainforests, emitting extensive palls of smoke covering the whole region.

Ex. Smoke palls occurr more often in the tropical regions where deep convection is most common.

Ex. Librarians were forced to put up a rhetorical smokescreen which only partially succeeded in hiding the library's true nature.

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(n.) = pall of smoke, smoke pall, smokescreen

Ex: The drought was exacerbated by huge conflagrations of the rainforests, emitting extensive palls of smoke covering the whole region.

Ex: Smoke palls occurr more often in the tropical regions where deep convection is most common.

Ex: Librarians were forced to put up a rhetorical smokescreen which only partially succeeded in hiding the library's true nature.