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The Dodgers had opened Pandora’s box, and out would fly a lockout, a pall of smoke over their games, and a plague of locusts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Neither rain nor smoke nor heat can keep the Dodgers from their appointed October rounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

An AFP journalist saw thick black smoke rising over the Moscow region Saturday morning, lingering until at least the late afternoon.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

But wildfire smoke presents a challenge that is far more complicated than a trade dispute.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

She was swallowed in a plume of smoke.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

Combined, they’ve caught about a dozen fish, which Livingstone cuts into steaks and Jordan smokes on his grill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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

Ben-Ben swings at the next pitch and smokes a hard ground ball past their first baseman into right field for a base hit.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

Most had never smoked and were diagnosed with a form of lung cancer that differs biologically from the type typically caused by tobacco use.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

When the author was diagnosed with throat cancer despite having never smoked, he wasn’t surprised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Sandra Champkins, from Banbury in Oxfordshire, had not smoked for a decade and was symptom-free when she was invited for a check-up by the Thames Valley Lung Cancer Screening Programme in 2025.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Chef and co-owner Danny Castillo has earned national acclaim for his Texas-style smoked brisket, chickens, sausages and other meats informed by the ethnic backgrounds of his crew — white, Mexican, Argentine, Filipino and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Slivers of gray fish pickled in white glue, smoked fish with yellow eyes that bulged, raw red fish without heads or tails.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

He’s standing across the net from comets barely half his age and smoking almost all of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

And in a place like the United States, where everyone is in pursuit of power, walking around with a smoking gun puts a target on your back.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The cast of the Disney+ hit show Rivals were confused when given fake cigarettes while filming in Wales due to a smoking ban in the work place, one of its stars has said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

These factors include age, sex, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking status, existing medical conditions, previous muscle problems, vitamin D deficiency, medication use, and whether a person has been prescribed statins.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

Sometimes, though, they would hang around what would have been their bus stop if they had one, smoking cigars and starting fights and telling little kids that the bus was full of bugs.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson