cigarette

Example Sentences

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The company said global industry volumes in its traditional cigarette market would likely be lower than previously expected this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Smoking litter and cigarette butts were spotted on 88.1% of the roads surveyed, while confectionery packaging was found on 80.7%.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

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

Most important, in a day of improbable miracles, Ralph was able to connect the suctioning device to the ambulance’s cigarette lighter and make John comfortable.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French