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In a vintage screening room lined with 1970s Swissair first-class seats–complete with now-defunct ashtrays–Thierry showed us rare footage of iconic festival moments.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
No word on whether the Modoc High School baseball team plane still has ashtrays or lacks WiFi.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
The current plane is too small, there is no Wi-Fi available, and there are seats with ashtrays in the armrests.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
This beautiful set features a deep-well ceramic ashtray with a notch to hold your joint, a matching saucer that can double as an additional ashtray, and a vase for cut flowers.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
No word on whether the Modoc High School baseball team plane still has ashtrays or lacks WiFi.
—Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 28 May 2025
The current plane is too small, there is no Wi-Fi available, and there are seats with ashtrays in the armrests.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2025
This beautiful set features a deep-well ceramic ashtray with a notch to hold your joint, a matching saucer that can double as an additional ashtray, and a vase for cut flowers.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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ashtray
noun
ash·tray
ˈash-ˌtrā 
: a container for tobacco ashes and for cigar and cigarette butts
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