smog

Example Sentences

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My chronic illness flared, and fear hovered over me like smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Typically, sales of the gas are restricted during the summer due to the volatility of ethanol and its contribution to smog, but the Farm Bureau maintains that new studies show the blend is non-polluting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

And smog isn’t gone, not by a long shot, but — with regulation and technology and psychology — we have beaten it to something of a standstill.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

She gazed out over the field, which shimmered in a haze of smog and heat.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty