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
A homeless man and someone with severe autism have reportedly been handed jail terms for throwing cigarette butts.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Doctor Copeland lighted a cigarette and walked up and down the room.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Like the coffin-makers, they tell me they use their wages to buy extra food and cigarettes.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
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
There’s nothing wrong with using lit for the past tense of light: Paul lit two cigarettes, then gave one to Bette.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
