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The suffocating smell of overflowing ashtrays.
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Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
His ability to bounce back after getting shoved into car trunks and having his neck used as an ashtray lends the show’s violence a cartoonish quality.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Designed by Seth Rogen, an ashtray collector himself, this handsome three-piece set reimagines the standard ashtray as something both artistic and functional with a bud vase accoutrement to house a petite bouquet or even some long stem matches.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Eventually she is offered an ashtray.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
His ability to bounce back after getting shoved into car trunks and having his neck used as an ashtray lends the show’s violence a cartoonish quality.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Designed by Seth Rogen, an ashtray collector himself, this handsome three-piece set reimagines the standard ashtray as something both artistic and functional with a bud vase accoutrement to house a petite bouquet or even some long stem matches.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2025
Eventually she is offered an ashtray.
—Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 3 Oct. 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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