cigarette
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I said, “Why don’t you stick to the cigarette over your head, and I’ll handle this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
When I asked what had brought her to the Trump Superstore, aside from the 50 percent discount, she lit a cigarette.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Near a petrol station draped in anti-drone netting, an employee casually smoked a cigarette, waiting for the alert to be over.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The narrowed outlook reflects Altria’s expectation that it will get a greater benefit from cigarette import and export activity in the second half of the year compared with the first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Awkwardly, for she still had her cigarette, she picked up the vase and balanced it on the rim of the basin.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Like the coffin-makers, they tell me they use their wages to buy extra food and cigarettes.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Surgeon General has likened to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The inspiring tale of a forgotten hero: In 1990, a single dad got fed up with the billboards for cigarettes targeting Chicago’s Black neighborhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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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