smoggy

Example Sentences

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The notoriously smoggy air of Mexico City has gotten much clearer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Authorities once again issued an alert on Friday, a common occurrence on smoggy winter days, with cleaner air expected by Sunday.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

With days of more pollutants building up close to the ground, then the smoggy layer became toxic and very dense.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Such high readings are typical in smoggy megacities like Jakarta or New Delhi but rare in New York, where decades of state and federal laws have helped to reduce emissions.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Both Emma and Charles found that London’s whirl of noise, dirt, crowds, and foggy, smoggy air was getting to be too much for them.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman