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

California air regulators have long maintained that air quality issues in major California cities — including smoggy Los Angeles — are so severe that electric vehicles are necessary to meet pollution standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

But now, that cancer-inducing complex has given way to something completely different: green space that has brought a breath of fresh air to Bangkok’s congested, often smoggy center.

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

They call this part of California the Inland Empire, and it’s always smoggy, because whatever nastiness is in the air gets blown here and caught against the mountains.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman