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Amid towering speakers, gold records, stacks of videotapes, Sony Trinitrons, overflowing ashtrays, and a bar stocked with tequila and a lineup of squat green Dom Pérignon bottles sent over by the labels, the Les Garland Show streamed.
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Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
The car featured three particularly unique elements — the ashtray, the 'suicide knob' on the steering wheel, and the compass.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The suffocating smell of overflowing ashtrays.
—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
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Tom Freston, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
The car featured three particularly unique elements — the ashtray, the 'suicide knob' on the steering wheel, and the compass.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The suffocating smell of overflowing ashtrays.
—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
See All Example Sentences for ashtray
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“Ashtray.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashtray. Accessed 3 Nov. 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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