The central aisle of an airliner, the back seat of a car (stale popcorn crammed into cushion cracks), a coal mine, a hospital waiting room, a long tunnel in which a hot breeze blew first in one direction and then the other.

NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

He simply welcomed her like a breeze that blew in with this season abroad, in his old home town, and seemed to refresh him.

NEWYORKER: A Beneficiary