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cigarette

[sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret] / ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt /
NOUN
small roll of tobacco
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In 1904, Yale football captain James Hogan received a luxury apartment at the University Club, a commission on cigarette sales at football games and a 10-day vacation in Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Venus's clouds may behave according to a similar optical principle because their particle size distribution is comparable to that of cigarette smoke.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

"This has gone from a FPN for throwing a cigarette butt down - I've never touched a cigarette in my life - to getting a criminal conviction without even knowing," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

Robbie had put down his trowel and stood to roll a cigarette, a hangover from his Communist Party time—another abandoned fad, along with his ambitions in anthropology, and the planned hike from Calais to Istanbul.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

He described Kozlowski and Jones as the "organisers" and said they had a "motive to punish" Samel due to the financial stake they had in the missing cigarettes.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That list included firearms, cigarettes, outside food and drink, and bears.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

It wasn’t all that long ago that restaurants and bars around the country were dappled in the glow of cigarettes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The illegal production of cigarettes is rising as a whole in the EU, as poor coordination between countries is helping counterfeiters thrive, an official report said on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The house smelled like cigarettes and scented candles, a mixture that almost immediately made Toby want to puke again.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss




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