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incense

[in-sens] / ˈɪn sɛns /




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Light a candle or a bit of incense.

From Salon • May 5, 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

In other instances, candle wax has damaged some of the internal stones, along with burnt incense sticks leaving thick soot which has blackened some stones beyond cleaning.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Marshall came first, carrying the smoking incense burner.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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