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smog

[smog, smawg] / smɒg, smɔg /
NOUN
air pollution
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E15 is less expensive than regular diesel, but is restricted due to the smog it creates.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Of the 15 U.S. counties with the most bad smog days last year, eight were in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

My chronic illness flared, and fear hovered over me like smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

It messed with our glamorous aviation industry; once, it skewed the odds at a beauty pageant because the planes flying contestants in from around Southern California to the Glendale airport couldn’t land in the smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Unlike all the other pillars of smoke issuing from the city’s smokestacks, this pillar didn’t disperse into the general smog.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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