smoky
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In 2022, she released the smoky electro-pop, queer anthem “Boyfriend,” which reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the theatrical “Breakfast,” a man-eater melody that declares she’s in charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The early part of the record continues in this dreamy vein, favoring smoky mood and undulating rhythm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"This smoky taste will only reveal itself after fermentation."
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
On a hot and smoky mid-July Saturday night at the Detroit Opera House, the front-running campaign in Michigan’s Senate Democratic primary had little to say about the Republican Party.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Maybe she wasn’t feeling as smoky, or maybe she’d just had more combat training.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The sky outside seemed even smokier than before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
The darker, the peatier, the smokier, the better.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Q: With hotter, smokier summers becoming the norm, we’re looking to improve our home’s temperature and air quality.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2022
Pros: A smokier flavor that would suit "surf and turf" better than the other methods.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2022
It had grown darker and smokier while they’d waited out the storm.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Aged Cheddar is that cheese, sharp enough to stand up to the smokiest of smoked meats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
More firefighting resources were not necessarily deployed to the smokiest fires, either.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
“Today it’s actually the smokiest that we’ve seen,” Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson, said Sunday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
For the smokiest, most charred flavor, grill thick planks of eggplant and then combine them with garlic, scallions, vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame oil.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2022
Early in the sweet June morning—sweet and fair although it brooded over London, the smokiest city in the world—Cynthia was again walking in Kensington Gardens.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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