smoke signal
Example Sentences
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The addition of bell ringing - introduced during Pope Benedict XVI's election - now serves as confirmation and is used alongside the smoke signal.
From BBC • May 4, 2025
It was March 2013, and she was waiting in a cold rain for the Vatican smoke signal that would soon announce the selection of Pope Francis.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019
As knowledge has evolved, so has the means to share it: smoke signal, semaphore, parchment, printing press, telegraph, telephone, YouTube, etc.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2018
More than just sending a smoke signal to foreign intelligence operatives hunting for opportunities for recruitment, this latest set of reporting will undoubtedly also put more pressure on already strained relationships with foreign intelligence partners.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2018
She used it to sweep the ground around her, to create a huge cloud of ash that rose up like a smoke signal.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
