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Recent Examples of smoke out
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.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Things get complicated when Shay recruits the neighborhood creep for backup and Yaki brings in an ex-cop to smoke out his blackmailer.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
But neighbors who are sensitive to smoke because of health conditions, asthma, or allergies won't appreciate being smoked out by your grill.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy makes street-rap albums intended to soundtrack all-night gaming sessions and riding ‘round town, smoked out with nothing to do.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Things get complicated when Shay recruits the neighborhood creep for backup and Yaki brings in an ex-cop to smoke out his blackmailer.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
But neighbors who are sensitive to smoke because of health conditions, asthma, or allergies won't appreciate being smoked out by your grill.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2025
East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy makes street-rap albums intended to soundtrack all-night gaming sessions and riding ‘round town, smoked out with nothing to do.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke out
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Soon after, the woman’s grandson, who owned a construction company, started to receive messages demanding millions for her release.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
11 Feb. 2026
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Kristina Anderson said her son had been living at the house on Selborne Drive, and did not know Anthony to own any firearms.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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This performance and result against a Wolves team that had picked up just two points in the Premier League this season before turning up at Old Trafford on Tuesday raked up familiar concerns about Amorim and his suitability for the job as Manchester United manager.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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Be sure to rake up all problem plants and clippings and dispose of them in the trash.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Dec. 2025
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Foster, the prosecutor, acknowledged as much after last year’s sentencing.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Tateishi found his path to activism in the 1970s, as anger swelled among young former detainees about their imprisonment, which the government had yet to acknowledge as an injustice.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Just as much an investigator as a memoirist, Nevils attempts to tunnel through the lurid details and the #MeToo boilerplate and unearth something much knottier.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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That includes an encounter with Keegan (Brett Goldstein, wasted), a friendly Brit flying kites on the beach — kites do a lot of symbolic heavy lifting in flashbacks — to whom Laura confesses that boozing was her only way of letting go.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
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Wade Wilson confessed to the savage murders of two women, yet even that brutality failed to repel admirers.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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His hybrid was designed to preserve the elegance and smooth operation of electric motors while conceding the practical power and range that fuel offered.—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Going into Wednesday’s games, the Lakers rank 27th in opposing field goal percentage and 24th in defensive rating, an estimate of the amount of points a team concedes across a 100-possession span.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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Then there’s also the secret sauce that gives it its pore-blurring and glass-skin imparting finish.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
15 Feb. 2026
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Mancuso’s picks, which include Tuscan Pesto Baked Salmon and Peanut Butter Bites, were formulated specifically to support endurance and to impart long-lasting energy.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
12 Feb. 2026
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Silver also admitted the overwhelming size of this task, given that roughly 80 countries allow betting on the NBA while billions more are wagered illegally.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Heraskevych admitted he was surprised by the strong reaction.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Smoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20out. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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