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Recent Examples of smog
The Clean Air Act allows California to set stricter-than-federal standards for vehicular pollution, with EPA approval, due to its historic smog problems.
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Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 22 May 2025
The sulfur dioxide can create a volcanic smog that is hazardous to breathe.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 June 2025
Increasing the supply of renewable energy also helps reduce ozone pollution — a problem that plagues the Front Range during the summer when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds bake in the sun and create a brown smog.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
Sulfur dioxide reacts in the atmosphere to create visible haze of volcanic smog, called vog.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 May 2025
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Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 22 May 2025
The sulfur dioxide can create a volcanic smog that is hazardous to breathe.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 June 2025
Increasing the supply of renewable energy also helps reduce ozone pollution — a problem that plagues the Front Range during the summer when nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds bake in the sun and create a brown smog.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
Sulfur dioxide reacts in the atmosphere to create visible haze of volcanic smog, called vog.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smog
Noun
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The Aries moon inspires you while also casting an illusory haze.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The thick, white smoky haze that increased north and east of the city was primarily the result of wildland fires in New Jersey and Canada, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department, which alerted residents to the cause and also sought to ease the alarm.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Navigating a business through economic uncertainty can feel like driving at night on an unfamiliar road as the fog rolls in.—
Anita Nelson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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An international team of astronomers now suggests this signal could be used to determine how light from the first stars interacted with this cosmic fog, helping to lift it.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Beneath this transformation lies a complex web of technical challenges that test the cloud's promise.—
Gaurav Mehta,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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In particular, Bailey’s stock clouds that situation.—
William Guillory,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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What Else to Know While there are many guest rooms with views of the Snoqualmie River and diners at the restaurant can hear the thundering water and see mist rising up hundreds of feet, the Lodge sits on a cliff directly above the upper falls.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The red mist came rolling in from behind Ederson’s goal.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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