smoke
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By 11:30 a.m., a column of smoke is visible from across the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
A column of smoke rises to the east, over the center of Kyiv, where the sky is beginning to brighten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The conflict highlights an emerging debate about synthetic scents: Many hotels use them, but some sensitive guests consider those aromas as welcome as secondhand smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Western Europe has just recorded its hottest summer on record -- with some 540,000 hectares going up in smoke across the European Union between mid-June and early September.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Tiamat gave another puff, and it started to smoke.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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The son of a Yorkshire pig farmer, Brown smokes on the course - although is being extremely vigilant not to cause a fire-risk at Birkdale - and is covered in tattoos.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
It was that moment where I’m like, holy smokes, in three months that number has shot up and we can’t be passively thinking that this is all going to align.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
International sales of Cuban cigars, the island nation's most emblematic export, bring much needed income to its struggling economy, with Europe the main market for the luxury smokes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
This layer channels that same instinct — and then smokes it up a notch.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
Letting out a low whistle, she said, “Holy smokes, Jay Berry, what happened to you and Rowdy? Both of you look like you’ve been run through a brier patch.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Alas, the yacht was then smoked by New Zealand’s Black Magic I.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
And he contributed another RBI double in the fifth — this one smoked up the left-field line to drive in one run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Man, he ain't gon' say nothin'. He ain't even gon' look your way. Probably at home right now still crying about getting smoked on Saturday," Lu followed.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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“It’s honestly time all these scents are banned the same way smoking has been banned pretty much everywhere,” one traveler complained on Reddit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
The researchers examined how depression, smoking, obesity, sleep problems, and other health conditions are connected with difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Since my longtime therapist’s behavioral approach had already helped rein in my personality enough to quit smoking and drinking, and marry a great guy, I decided to try his suggestion.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
One early client, Soren Aldaco, recalled Campbell sitting in the smoking section of the cafe where she worked, intently listening to what she alleged was a botched double mastectomy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The rabbit made one last smoking effort and came to a dust-explosive shuddering stop directly beneath the mare....
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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