smoke
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She told the trial of billowing black smoke rising up the stairs while she was in the house with her partner and her daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Four people died on Indonesia's Java island fighting the blazes that have been sending toxic smoke across southeast Asia, closing schools and fuelling a surge of respiratory complaints in the region, authorities said Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Legal experts have cautioned that pursuing companies linked to the smoke is challenging, with investigations reliant on cooperation from foreign authorities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Verified footage of the aftermath showed smoke rising between rubble and warped metal strewn across the ground where buildings had been destroyed.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Not a single trace of smoke curled through the sky.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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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
Sander does not romanticize, valorize or flatter them: The even lighting comes from an overcast sky; they are dressed in dark suits and hats, one smokes a cigarette, and each sports a cane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The ship’s log summary made note of “a large bay, which they named ‘the Bay of the Smokes,’ on account of the many smokes they saw there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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
It remained dark, not only because of the smokes of the Mountain: there seemed to be a storm coming up, and away to the south-east there was a shimmer of lightnings under the black skies.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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In 2014, the chain ran a roughly 13-hour commercial on a local TV station about a brisket being smoked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
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
And he contributed another RBI double in the fifth — this one smoked up the left-field line to drive in one run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
My father rolled a Bull Durham cigarette and smoked.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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By Sunday afternoon, the rumor had acquired its supposed smoking gun.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Healthier habits, including better diet, regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and not smoking, measurably reduced the loss of disease-free years associated with social isolation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
He was in his outfit and smoking a cigarette, and she was like, “I think somebody’s on set who shouldn’t be” — because he looked like a local.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The researchers noted that healthier lifestyles that included diet, sleep, exercise and lack of smoking helped narrow the loss linked to social isolation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Dyedka trundled in and out of the smoking house, carrying books and a handful of Babulya’s plants.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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