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Recent Examples of smog
In early April, the Southern Environmental Law Center estimated the turbines could produce, in a year, between 1,200 and 2,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, a smog-forming pollution associated with poor respiratory health in nearby areas, as well as the carcinogen formaldehyde.
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Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
Indeed, orbiting Earth-observation satellites routinely use lasers for light-detection and ranging (lidar) on the planet's surface, despite the clouds and smog, while Chinese scientists have recently conducted the first ever daytime laser-ranging experiment from Earth to the moon.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This gentle but thorough cleanser removes all traces of makeup, pollution, and city smog with just one wash.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What was once the season of patios and long days has increasingly turned into one of heat advisories, wildfire smoke, and smog alerts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
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Taylor Kate Brown, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2025
Indeed, orbiting Earth-observation satellites routinely use lasers for light-detection and ranging (lidar) on the planet's surface, despite the clouds and smog, while Chinese scientists have recently conducted the first ever daytime laser-ranging experiment from Earth to the moon.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This gentle but thorough cleanser removes all traces of makeup, pollution, and city smog with just one wash.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What was once the season of patios and long days has increasingly turned into one of heat advisories, wildfire smoke, and smog alerts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smog
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Raw, sweaty, and steeped in debauchery, the track chronicles a spiral of booze, heartbreak, and nights lost in a haze of resistol fumes, all layered with his signature gritty rap flow.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Defense Secretary, meanwhile, vanishes into a personal fog, thinking only of his daughter (Kaitlyn Dever), who lives in Chicago.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Particularly in the case of the latter two galaxies, the radio jets seem to be interacting with the intra-cluster medium, which is a thick fog of hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, and this interaction is shaping both the jets and the radio rings.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Early morning fog will burn off shortly after sunrise and low-level foggy clouds will clear out by late morning.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
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The monsoon is characterized by intense heat, surges of moisture and atmospheric instability, creating clouds and storm chances in the afternoon.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cloudstate floats with airy softness, moving like mist, while Summercore blends presence and lightness for endless summer days.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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Formulated with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and the same botanical oil blend as Weleda’s iconic Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Cream, this milky mist refreshes thirsty skin during both dry winter days and long afternoons spent in stale office air.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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