as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Tom Hanson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
While the sky directly above the mall was blue, the incredibly long wall of smoke above the hills to the north was unnerving.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Based on the agency’s population health model, officials estimate that nearly 13 million people who currently smoke cigarettes will quit within a year of the rule taking effect.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
As the smoke clears, the scale of loss is coming into focus.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
While the sky directly above the mall was blue, the incredibly long wall of smoke above the hills to the north was unnerving.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
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For example, the Israeli military bombed the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius—Gaza's oldest church, consecrated in 1150—in October 2023.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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Meaning Israel is even allowed to bomb Iran directly, something that American Presidents have consistently refused to green-light.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Also, a tight-fitting lid will help keep steam in, cook onions faster, and reduce the need to deglaze the pot.—
Renu Dhar,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Instead of lugging a bucket and a mop, try investing in a steam mop.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.—
Robert M. Danin,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
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Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.—
Jessica Flores,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Aug. 2021
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Trump wants the House Speaker drama done and dusted by Monday when Congress acts on Jan. 6 to certify his election win, a date that is set by the Constitution.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Still, there was the first game to play since the Oilers dusted them off in five games last spring.—
Eric Stephens,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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At a time when photos, movie tickets and messages all live in the cloud, junk journaling creates a tactile record of one’s experiences.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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This break in the clouds can be seen all over Portland.—
Tony Perrottet,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2025
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To cushion their sinuous eucalyptus forms, the duo came up with their own spin on traditional Banarasi fabric: an archival herringbone motif overlaid with numerical zeros that nod to Brahmagupta, the Hindu mathematician who developed the concept of nothingness in 628 AD.—
Mel Studach,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Much of the story seems to be about waiting, and then what happens after that waiting comes to an end: the disappointment, pain, or even nothingness that eventually follows.—
Dennis Zhou,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Lunar Owls overcame a six-point deficit and ended up winning the league’s first game 84-80 after Diggins-Smith hit a game-ending 3-pointer.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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From Klay Thompson to Shaun Livingston to Ball, the NBA has been filled with stories of players overcoming tremendous physical and personal adversity to return to the court.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The new fee, criticized as a driving tax on the middle class and businesses, is meant to encourage people to take the subway, cutting down on exhaust fumes and raising money for the city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Within minutes the fumes grow bigger and blacker and soon the metropolitan skyline appears to be covered in large plumes of smoke.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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