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Recent Examples of smoke out
Everyone is trying to smoke out moles, or plant some of their own.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Imposing the personality cult upon the state is designed not only to burnish the leader’s image, but to create opportunities to smoke out dissidents.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
By 2010, a knit face covering couldn’t even hide her beauty—dewy skin and smoked out eyes—at Vogue’s 90th Anniversary Party.
—Essence, 4 Dec. 2025
Incensed, Lee delivers Dale’s notes to Pearl, hoping to smoke out the only other person who can finger Frank for the murder: Betty Jo.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
Imposing the personality cult upon the state is designed not only to burnish the leader’s image, but to create opportunities to smoke out dissidents.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
By 2010, a knit face covering couldn’t even hide her beauty—dewy skin and smoked out eyes—at Vogue’s 90th Anniversary Party.
—Essence, 4 Dec. 2025
Incensed, Lee delivers Dale’s notes to Pearl, hoping to smoke out the only other person who can finger Frank for the murder: Betty Jo.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke out
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Sacramento County owns the bridge, which crosses Grizzly Slough near Walnut Grove.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tedla has owned and operated the restaurant in The Plaza since 2017, as well as a sister spot in Optimist Hall, which opened in 2022.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Mow the lawn to a lower height than usual, being sure to bag the grass clippings and rake up any remaining debris that can keep the seeds from coming into contact with the soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Instead of leaving them all as mulch beneath the trees, rake up excess needles, especially those that accumulate on driveways and along curbs.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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In a tense call after Altman’s firing, the board pressed him to acknowledge a pattern of deception.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In the Texas courtroom, Setrakian acknowledged that Bonta had made the critical statements in a fundraising appeal that circulated widely and into Texas.—
Will Swaim,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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But the tribe’s issues with it began in October, when crews first unearthed ancient artifacts there.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Continue reading … IN OTHER NEWS PERFECT TIMING — Alamo cannonball unearthed just one day before 190th anniversary of historic battle.—
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FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Horner confessed to authorities about what happened to Athena.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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According to charging documents, Delong later confessed to killing Czech.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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In an interview with NBC News, a former commander with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s powerful paramilitary group, conceded that many of the regime’s conditions were unlikely to be accepted by Washington but insisted Tehran was prepared to make concessions.—
Katherine Doyle,
NBC news,
9 Apr. 2026
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The contradiction runs so deep that 62% of those same executives privately concede that the risk of unsanctioned shadow AI is overstated compared to the risk of not leveraging AI at all.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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These numbers do not, on their own, say anything about the benefit that an elite degree imparts.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
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Jim Bob Duggar, star of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, tried to impart some fatherly love to his second incarcerated son.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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No less than Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, perhaps the war’s biggest cheerleader in the administration, had to admit that Iran’s regional retaliation was not exactly a surprise.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2026
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The person was identified by video and a witness and admitted setting the fires.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Smoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20out. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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