cigarette
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In the chapter titled “Cerium,” Levi describes how, wracked with hunger, he stole iron-cerium rods to make flints for cigarette lighters so that he could exchange them for bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A man has received a criminal conviction for not paying a fine for dropping a cigarette butt, even though he says he has never smoked.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Putting out his cigarette before starting the evening service, he sighed: "I think we'll be without water for at least another two months."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
I said, “Why don’t you stick to the cigarette over your head, and I’ll handle this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
But the white man had lighted his cigarette and smiled and seemed to want to be with him.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The illegal production of cigarettes is rising as a whole in the EU, as poor coordination between countries is helping counterfeiters thrive, an official report said on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Politicians and activists pushing for safety changes have compared the addictive nature of social media to gambling and smoking cigarettes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
However, it said it "understood why it was best to avoid images of models holding cigarettes" and would not use smoking content in future ads.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
FARGO, N.D.—Oak Reile was delivering a pallet of washer fluid, cigarettes and candy to a local convenience store in 2020 when he slipped and fell, breaking two vertebrae and paralyzing him from the armpits down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He at once proffered me another box, handing me the cigarettes too, at the same time.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
