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incense

[in-sens] / ˈɪn sɛns /




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Light a candle or a bit of incense.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Another lighted incense sticks and stuck them in the snow.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

It’s beat up and old, and smells like incense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

"The situation is terrible, we don't know what's going to happen. Everything is very expensive... I hope it doesn't go up more," Felicidad Flores, a 67-year-old street vendor of incense, told AFP in La Paz.

From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025

Ma is lighting an incense stick at the small altar of statues tucked in an alcove behind the kitchen counter.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins




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