cigarette

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Pyle admired the clear-eyed message of Mauldin’s cartoons, such as one depicting Willie—slumped, exhausted, a cigarette dangling from his lips—as he stands before an Army medic assigned to hand out medals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There’s no casino floor to walk through and no lingering cigarette smoke.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Pereira is then seen moving the object, propping it up against the MI5 HQ doors, with a green cigarette lighter positioned nearby.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Watts, working through an eternal haze of cigarette smoke, gives as fine a performance as the nagging-mother material allows.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He explained that the colonel only wanted to know if he needed permission from Farmer to smoke his cigarette, if that was what happened in a democracy.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French