incense

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Just days later, anger surged once more after the death of Aisha Umar, a mother of five who ran a business from home, selling incense and fish in the northern city of Kano.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

A canopy of Jeffrey pine, red fir and incense cedar shaded the trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

It smells of incense inside and we light a candle.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

The faces in the pews around me were waxen with candlelight, and pine boughs, left over from Christmas, sent up a sepulchral incense in the cold air.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath