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Recent Examples of smoke out
McKenna recalls production having to smoke out snakes and scorpions each day before filming began.
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Everyone is trying to smoke out moles, or plant some of their own.
—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
The level design occasionally takes inspiration from the multiplayer, where the solution to smoking out a sniper is usually to bring an entire building down.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
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Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2026
Everyone is trying to smoke out moles, or plant some of their own.
—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
The level design occasionally takes inspiration from the multiplayer, where the solution to smoking out a sniper is usually to bring an entire building down.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke out
Verb
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It’s owned by Frank Rainieri, the founder and developer of Punta Cana.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Wonder also owns and manages the kitchens, and handles delivery after buying GrubHub in a deal valued at $650 million that closed in 2025.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Spring cleanup will be an easy matter of loosely raking up dead foliage.—
Marie Iannotti,
The Spruce,
9 May 2026
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There are no pods to rake up in the fall with these varieties.—
Special to The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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California election officials have acknowledged that the vote-counting process regularly takes longer in the Golden State due to the prevalence of mail-in ballots.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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At Saint-Gobain, Soritsch-Renier acknowledges that the workforce is often less literate from a technology perspective, as the organization is an industrial business focused on construction materials and, as such, hasn’t been called to embrace technology at the same level as other industries.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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Partnership negotiations meet values reality as intellectual Mercury energizes your 7th House of Partnership, while unearthing Pluto examines your 2nd House of Finances.—
PubSubHub User,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2026
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Podcasters Paul Gannon and Eli Silverman have done a remarkable job of unearthing details about the Winkie, including tracking down a French novelty record based on the friend-chip, various archival documents, and new interviews with competition participants, including Jeff Olan and Penny Floyd.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Randle was seen crying on multiple occasions as evidence was presented, including recordings of her confessing to hitting Dinkins.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Napper, who investigators believe was struggling from years of intense mental illness, eventually confessed to Nickell’s murder.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2026
Verb
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According to some analyses, the rule led to more defensive and cautious play from players too afraid to concede the game-winning goal, despite the intention of the rule to encourage more exciting play in extra time.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Novo Nordisk acknowledges the side effects without conceding the label needs to say more.—
Ryan Brennan
June 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Verb
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At that pace, even a tiny micrometeoroid has the ability to impart a significant kinetic blow upon striking a spacecraft en route to the moon, with potentially disastrous results for the astronaut crew inside.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
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The kind of valuable lesson a supermom imparts.—
Alessandra Codinha,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
Verb
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An 89-72 win over the expansion Portland Fire on Sunday to close a 1-2 homestand felt more necessary than the Sparks might have wanted to admit.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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Trying to process what had happened was difficult in the immediate aftermath, Calzini admits.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
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“Smoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20out. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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