incense
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Another lighted incense sticks and stuck them in the snow.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Just days later, anger surged once more after the death of Aisha Umar, a mother of five who ran a business from home, selling incense and fish in the northern city of Kano.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
Photos showed her praying while holding incense sticks and comforting bereaved people near displayed names and portraits of at least two soldiers.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
But Wang Lung said stoutly, “I have never had any good from that old man in heaven, yet. Incense or no incense, he is the same in evil. Let us go and see the land.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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