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Recent Examples of smog
Indeed, orbiting Earth-observation satellites routinely use lasers for light-detection and ranging (lidar) on the planet's surface, despite the clouds and smog, while Chinese scientists have recently conducted the first ever daytime laser-ranging experiment from Earth to the moon.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This gentle but thorough cleanser removes all traces of makeup, pollution, and city smog with just one wash.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What was once the season of patios and long days has increasingly turned into one of heat advisories, wildfire smoke, and smog alerts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Sulfur dioxide and resulting vog (volcanic smog) can irritate eyes and respiratory systems, particularly in people with asthma and other chronic lung conditions, according to the Hawaii State Department of Health.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
This gentle but thorough cleanser removes all traces of makeup, pollution, and city smog with just one wash.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
What was once the season of patios and long days has increasingly turned into one of heat advisories, wildfire smoke, and smog alerts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
Sulfur dioxide and resulting vog (volcanic smog) can irritate eyes and respiratory systems, particularly in people with asthma and other chronic lung conditions, according to the Hawaii State Department of Health.
—Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smog
Noun
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Improved lighting techniques in the perpetually dark Raccoon City police station made for a vastly scarier and immersive atmosphere than the pixelated haze of before.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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The performance goes from fiery to ineffectual as DiCaprio’s character, Bob, loses his youthful rebelliousness in a haze of pot and resignation.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mercury’s retrograde ends on the 7th and will help clear up any misunderstandings or mental fog that have kept you stuck in the wrong dynamics for too long.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Andrew pulled the car over to take pictures, the sun broke through the clouds in silvered streams, as if to herald the Epiphany.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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When the business world started to realize that the cloud could be as safe as their own data centers—or even safer—software companies made haste to produce cloud versions of their existing solutions.—
Chris Degnan,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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In autumn, its landscape is moody, marked by a light mist and subtle fog sliding across the big leaf maple trees and Douglas firs, but the climate remains mild, making year-round exploration easy to achieve.—
Nora Heston Tarte,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Through the darkness and swirling mist, ghostly figures emerge from the looming ship.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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