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an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency
  • the city's smog was once so bad that darkness often prevailed, even at noon

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“Smog.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Smog. Accessed 9 December 2019.

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