cigarette
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Putting out his cigarette before starting the evening service, he sighed: "I think we'll be without water for at least another two months."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
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
Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Instead of producing my silver cigarette case, he produces my velvet coin purse and my heart stops for a moment before I launch across the room to snatch it out of his hands.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Evie Roberts, a silversmith who teaches jewellery-making at the centre, said people needed to be educated about the dangers of discarding bottles or cigarettes, which can cause fires.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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
Investors are taking a closer look at companies as they shift away from cigarettes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Children aged 17 or younger now face a lifelong ban on buying cigarettes, since it will be illegal for shops to sell tobacco to anyone born after 1 January 2009.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Barefoot boys bounced between travelers, their faces invisible behind their trays of chewing gum and cigarettes.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
