smog
Example Sentences
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Smog from 2 million tailpipes filled L.A.’s streets and burned the lungs of its denizens, but it was really created more than 2,000 miles away, in Detroit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Siddharth Singh, author of The Great Smog of India, a book on pollution, says that it is a "big failure" that air pollution is not a prevailing narrative in India's literature and filmmaking.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
Smog has also been reported in Manila north of Taal in recent days, but the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was largely caused by vehicle emissions and not the volcano.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023
Smog deserves to be badmouthed, but L.A. had smog before it had cars.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
Smog made the air seem thick, like light, yellowed fog.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Vocabulary lists containing smog
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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Earth Science - Middle School
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