cigarette
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I said, “Why don’t you stick to the cigarette over your head, and I’ll handle this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
When I asked what had brought her to the Trump Superstore, aside from the 50 percent discount, she lit a cigarette.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Israeli media reported that police were treating the fire as accidental, caused by cigarette butts thrown from a car window.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Taylor Swift fans have paid $25 for pieces of trash -- including cigarette butts and an ovulation test kit -- collected near the US pop queen's wedding to NFL star Travis Kelce.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Then he got up, turned his chair around, sat down again, put the saucer in his lap, took another drag on his cigarette, and studied Margaret, enjoying the attention.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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However, it said it "understood why it was best to avoid images of models holding cigarettes" and would not use smoking content in future ads.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The inspiring tale of a forgotten hero: In 1990, a single dad got fed up with the billboards for cigarettes targeting Chicago’s Black neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
PMI doesn’t sell any cigarettes in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He took his watch, his silver pencil and pad, his cigarettes and matches from the mantel and distributed them among his pockets.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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