cigar
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When Volcker — who served so long ago that smoking was still allowed in the hearing room — didn’t like a line of questioning, he would disappear behind a large cloud of cigar smoke.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Stopping Celtic earning 10 titles in a row was enormous but too often it was a case of close but no cigar and at Rangers, that's not good enough.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Tolkan was also well known for drilling Maverick and Goose with swift reprimands and tough love between puffs of his cigar as their commanding officer, Tom “Stinger” Jardian, in the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
The "Festival del Habano" draws cigar enthusiasts, traders, and specialized journalists from around the world and features an auction of luxury cigars and humidors.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was an old cigar box that had been pasted over with colorful papers, and then shellacked with varnish: a just-because present.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
“The quintessential image of price fixing is a secret deal made between competitors over cigars in a smoky back room,” attorneys wrote in the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He later called the community “a unique opportunity to experiment with democracy,” describing it as the kind of place where people can freely set off fireworks and smoke cigars wherever they want.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
Insurers paid out £106,700 for the loss, but Prosecutor Julian Winship said there were only seven Fabergé sets - containing a jewelled egg, watch, whisky bottle, cigars and humidor - in existence.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Some also have started connecting their clients with property managers who can maintain multiple homes, keeping the humidor filled with cigars or stocking the fridge before clients arrive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
On a crystalline fall day you can almost hear the tinkle of fine crystal, the rustle of silk and wool, almost smell the expensive cigars.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
