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smog

[smog, smawg] / smɒg, smɔg /
NOUN
air pollution
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Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

A screen in a monitoring room, called the Smog Cell, showed Pakistan’s Air Quality Index to be higher than China’s that day.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

This brought an end to the Great Smog event but prompted authorities to issue the Clean Air Act of 1956, regulating both industrial and domestic smoke, to prevent a situation this dangerous occurring again.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Smog deserves to be badmouthed, but L.A. had smog before it had cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

Smog made the air seem thick, like light, yellowed fog.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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