smoke
Example Sentences
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Only after sunrise did people dare to leave their homes, and by then a ferocious fire was huffing thick plumes of smoke over the city.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
AFP correspondents saw large clouds of smoke after strikes in several places.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
And this is a really useful corrective to the notion that every single time there’s smoke, there’s fire.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
I see how they seem electrified by every image of smoke rising over an emirate and every siren sounding on an American base.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“Certainly not. I just… got a little smoke in my eye,” he said so earnestly, he nearly believed it himself.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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