cigarette

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Federal prosecutors, seeking to imprison Rinderknecht for up to 45 years, say they will call ATF experts to refute that fireworks, a cigarette or power lines started the Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

It contrasts the small “makeshift consolations” of our ephemeral human-scale lives—a shared cigarette, a game of cards—with the grand forces of progress.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

It is also present in cigarette smoke and processed meats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

Pyle admired the clear-eyed message of Mauldin’s cartoons, such as one depicting Willie—slumped, exhausted, a cigarette dangling from his lips—as he stands before an Army medic assigned to hand out medals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Digger had cupped his hands around the cigarette to relight it after the wind put it out.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings