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cigarette

[sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret] / ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt /
NOUN
small roll of tobacco
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He was in his outfit and smoking a cigarette, and she was like, “I think somebody’s on set who shouldn’t be” — because he looked like a local.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

More than a million people who say they have never tried a cigarette are now vapers, latest UK data for 2025 reveals, external - up from around 940,000 in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 1904, Yale football captain James Hogan received a luxury apartment at the University Club, a commission on cigarette sales at football games and a 10-day vacation in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Venus's clouds may behave according to a similar optical principle because their particle size distribution is comparable to that of cigarette smoke.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

That evening, when Mrs. Muokelu brought the antibiotic capsules wrapped in newspaper, Olanna asked her to come inside and showed her a photo of Kainene, sitting by the pool with a cigarette between her lips.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In 2023, then-U.S. surgeon general Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public-health epidemic, saying it was as dangerous for people’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

Gone are the days of the critic playing dilettante, having intellectual conversations over martinis and cigarettes at the month’s salon for like-minded individuals.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

He described Kozlowski and Jones as the "organisers" and said they had a "motive to punish" Samel due to the financial stake they had in the missing cigarettes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Nixon’s wife, Pat, saw them pictured on a package of cigarettes in Beijing during her husband’s historic visit in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Probably the same thing you do. Think about Vivian and how you felt lighting her cigarettes for her....”

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg


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