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smoke

[smohk] / smoʊk /


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Verified footage first posted on social media on 10 October showed the crew running across the deck and putting on lifejackets as a large cloud of black smoke rose over the ship.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The time to measure the door is before the building fills with smoke.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Since then, there are indications that smoke from fires in Kalimantan on lands held via concessions under three additional companies in Indonesia could have moved to Singapore," the NEA said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The strikes on the St. Petersburg oil infrastructure, including an oil depot, sent huge plumes of smoke into the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

She swept into our bedroom, bringing in a wave of cold air and the smell of stale smoke.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The son of a Yorkshire pig farmer, Brown smokes on the course - although is being extremely vigilant not to cause a fire-risk at Birkdale - and is covered in tattoos.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Combined, they’ve caught about a dozen fish, which Livingstone cuts into steaks and Jordan smokes on his grill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

International sales of Cuban cigars, the island nation's most emblematic export, bring much needed income to its struggling economy, with Europe the main market for the luxury smokes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

This layer channels that same instinct — and then smokes it up a notch.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

She knows to say: He not here for when the landlord comes, No speak English if anybody else comes, and Holy smokes.

From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

Alas, the yacht was then smoked by New Zealand’s Black Magic I.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

They got smoked last October by the Dodgers, who won the World Series and then signed Edwin Díaz and Kyle Tucker and traded for Tarik Skubal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

For five years, Sister Schubert’s fans asked, begged and eventually petitioned for the return of a frozen food composed of two things: a small smoked sausage and a soft Parker House roll.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

At last Pa said the venison had smoked long enough.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The association remained statistically significant after researchers accounted for several established diabetes risk factors, including physical activity, overall diet, smoking, and existing health conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Stupnikov was already on the move, sidling up to a group of drivers smoking beside idling vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

By Sunday afternoon, the rumor had acquired its supposed smoking gun.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Hazel Cheeseman, from the charity Action on Smoking and Health, said the latest statics showed encouraging progress in cutting smoking rates.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The warriors said the slow matches on the English men’s guns were smoking up the room, making them sick, and they should put them out.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone


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