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cigarette

[sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret] / ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt /
NOUN
small roll of tobacco
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On Friday the boy's mother -- named by media as Shauntai May Nickerson -- smoked a cigarette on the porch outside her apartment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

Along with furniture, clothing and religious statuary, kitchen utensils, Le Creuset pans and cigarette lighters are on offer.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

The white man smiled at him and lighted for him his cigarette.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

The illegal production of cigarettes is rising as a whole in the EU, as poor coordination between countries is helping counterfeiters thrive, an official report said on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Politicians and activists pushing for safety changes have compared the addictive nature of social media to gambling and smoking cigarettes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Kat and Albert had simply to aim at the glowing ends of the cigarettes.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque


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