smother

The advice is to smother your child with at least SPF 30 and four stars, about 30 minutes before you go outside.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

We’ve been able to ruthlessly and mostly successfully smother the group from threatening the U.S. mainland and American interests abroad.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2026

Retreating to a personal Walden, he suggests, may smother creativity rather than fuel it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Critics fear deep-sea mining will smother marine life with waste and the noise of heavy machinery will disrupt oceanic migrations.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

It's true that I want to smother her with compliments and true that I want to keep my distance.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

L.A.’s heat-seeking “Showtime” franchise is obsessed over more than any other, in good times and especially troubled ones, to the point where it smothers other NBA coverage and drives many fans nuts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025

But some asteroids occupy corners of the sky in which the sun’s glare smothers them, and, like embers flitting in front of a thermonuclear bonfire, they fade from view.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Kilduff said the nonprofits are demanding an environmental impact statement in part because of new information on how dredging smothers corals.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

As summer heat smothers the daytime, few can afford enough electricity to keep cool anyway.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2022

A surge of emotion smothers my words as I realize that everything I always wished Dad was for me, Coach has been all along.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Workers sweated in choking heat and pupils stayed home on Tuesday as an early-summer heatwave smothered much of Europe, sparking health warnings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

He has added gold trim to the crown molding, smothered the walls with gold-framed artworks and gold-painted embellishments, placed inch-thick gold coasters on the desk, and lined up gold urns on the mantel.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Scientists feared the Santa Monica Mountains’ last remaining steelhead trout were dead, smothered by debris flows unleashed by the Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

A streetwise Scotland smothered France in defence and ran them through in attack, at one point stretching their lead to a scarcely credible 33 points.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

“It means you’ll get a better job,” Aunt Kate says while shoveling a forkful of mashed potatoes smothered in sauerkraut into her mouth.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Ms. Cline inhabits his thoughts in close third-person and though she writes in the past tense, her narration evokes an intimate, sometimes smothering feeling of presentness—of being confined within David’s immediate consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Some species may have acted as fire ladders, helping flames move through the landscape while also crowding out and smothering other vegetation.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rodri, Spain’s captain and the anchor of the team’s smothering defense during its unbeaten World Cup run, won the Golden Ball award as the outstanding player of the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke and displacing hundreds of local residents.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Tayo nodded, slapped at the insects mechanically and staring straight ahead, past the smothering dampness of the green jungle leaves.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko