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smoggy

[smog-ee, smaw-gee] / ˈsmɒg i, ˈsmɔ gi /


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American flags waved as “The Star Spangled Banner” rang out on a smoggy day in the heart of the capital.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

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

The mask and Delhi's smoggy air feature in other scenes of the film but are of little relevance to its plot.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2024

Now, on hot, smoggy summer days, visibility can be as little as two miles and never more than thirty.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Despite increasingly warmer, smoggier summers, I rarely shed my shirt to run in just my sports bra.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2024

And now, in addition to pollution, regulators are contending with climate change, conditions scientists say could lead to a smoggier future.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2022

Bangalore now reminds him of the Silicon Valley, and Beijing and New Delhi are smoggier than anything he had ever encountered at home.

From Scientific American Mar. 17, 2014

On some days, and by some measures, Salt Lake City is smoggier than Beijing.

From Economist Jan. 30, 2014

When alone, the old smoggier said: "Now, speak out, young man!"

From The Dock Rats of New York by Halsey, Harlan Page

A midday local kickoff would put the game squarely in the hottest, smoggiest part of the day in a move that England fears would only enhance Mexico’s home-field advantage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Despite decades of progress in reducing air pollution, Los Angeles is still the nation’s smoggiest city, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Assn.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2025

The South Coast air district — a 6,700-square-mile basin spanning Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties — has long held the title as the smoggiest region in the nation.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2022

They were checking to make sure villagers in Tangshan’s Fengrun district — one of China’s smoggiest spots — had quit burning coal for heat.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2021

Henan's Anyang, which ranked as China's smoggiest city in 2020, failed to meet a requirement to close 6.6 million tonnes of inefficient coking capacity last year, the ministry said.

From Reuters Jul. 16, 2021




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