smog
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Millions celebrate the annual festival of lights with fireworks in one of the world's most polluted capitals, worsening winter smog fuelled by vehicle emissions, farm fires and industry.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
That veto was forged in response to environmental crises in the 1970s, when rivers caught fire and smog filled American cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Forest fires have blanketed parts of the country as well as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore in toxic smog, pushing air quality indices into "unhealthy" territory.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A Japanese firefighting force sent to help tackle huge blazes in Indonesia is struggling to operate because the smog is too thick to fly helicopters, a spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The word smog won't be coined until early the next century, but the air is so toxic that hundreds of Londoners die from bronchitis the year Vincent arrives.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
Vocabulary lists containing smog
Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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Earth Science - Middle School
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