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Recent Examples of smog
The streets of New York were lined with snowdrifts stained black by soot, smog, and Model T motor oil.
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Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
The ruling should ultimately trigger stricter air regulations that require new polluting facilities or operations, or existing ones making changes, to do more to control their contributions to the region's smog.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The area includes 17 industrial facilities and the air quality was deemed unhealthy due to smog even before the construction of the billionaire’s supercomputer, according to Politico.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Dense toxic smog in India’s capital led to hundreds of flight cancellations and triggered travel advisories.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
The ruling should ultimately trigger stricter air regulations that require new polluting facilities or operations, or existing ones making changes, to do more to control their contributions to the region's smog.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The area includes 17 industrial facilities and the air quality was deemed unhealthy due to smog even before the construction of the billionaire’s supercomputer, according to Politico.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Dense toxic smog in India’s capital led to hundreds of flight cancellations and triggered travel advisories.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smog
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The bag of tricks–Ikue Mori sample-trigger rituals, Orange Milk-adjacent MIDI choir theatrics, Valentina Magaletti kitchen-sink drum thwacking, dubby Sun Araw haze–is endless, but cohesive.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Ektachrome had an additional advantage, which was to give the film the nostalgic haze of an old home movie.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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Freezing fog makes driving, boating, flying, and other forms of transportation particularly hazardous.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Streetlights flickered before large parts of the city were plunged into darkness, as a thick fog settled over the streets and temperatures plummeted to –5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Plush, fuzzy styles such as the Snug Leaves Fuzzy Scuff slippers and NineCiFun Slip-ons wrap your feet in cloud-like comfort, while indoor/outdoor options like the Cushionaire Ollie Suede Moccasins and Kubua booties offer extra support and durability.—
Amber Love Bond,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Jan. 2026
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Keep scrolling to shop more of the best Amazon finds under $20 to shop this week, from cloud-like bed pillows to a Lego building set that makes a great Valentine’s Day gift.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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To recreate Saoirse Ronan's choppy bob, Renegar suggests first towel-drying the hair and applying a volumizing mist from the root to the middle of the hair.—
Elise Tabin,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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It was built around artist Ned Kahn’s existing 100-foot-long Rainbow Arbor sculpture with mist sprayers that create rainbows in sunlight.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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