cigarette
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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
When I asked what had brought her to the Trump Superstore, aside from the 50 percent discount, she lit a cigarette.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Near a petrol station draped in anti-drone netting, an employee casually smoked a cigarette, waiting for the alert to be over.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Most are believed to be accidental, with sparks potentially coming from construction work, faulty electrical equipment, cigarette butts and barbecues.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The striped curtain beyond the ticket booth hangs open, and through the haze, Marco can see a figure standing in the shadows, illuminated by the sharp spark of light from a cigarette lighter.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Like the coffin-makers, they tell me they use their wages to buy extra food and cigarettes.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The inspiring tale of a forgotten hero: In 1990, a single dad got fed up with the billboards for cigarettes targeting Chicago’s Black neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
While many sectors enjoy exemptions, the rule applies strictly to retailers, who may not sell anything on Sunday but the simplest necessities—bread, drinks, snacks, cigarettes and alcohol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Children aged 17 or younger now face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, since it will be illegal for shops to sell tobacco to anyone born after 1 January 2009.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Wood smoke and oil fumes, bodies and cigarettes, bangers and beans, sweet and sour manure.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
