smokes out

Definition of smokes outnext
present tense third-person singular of smoke out
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Verb
  • For example, a 65-year-old woman who last year would have been charged $172 a month for a Plan G policy would now face a monthly rate of $192, said Mack, who owns Alaska Insurance Benefits in Wasilla.
    Julie Appleby, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Under that lease, the city owns AT&T Stadium, but the Cowboys take care of the maintenance and upkeep.
    Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Looking ahead, Sapek acknowledges that the role of AI in writing continues to evolve, with significant uncertainty around how workflows will change in the coming years.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Shao acknowledges that challenges remain but says that the study’s findings speak for themselves.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the heart-wrenching Season 2 finale, Morgan and Karadec’s investigation into a poolside death at a Los Angeles hotel resulted in the arrest of Lucia, a guest relations manager who confesses to tipping off and then covering for the conman who murdered a home improvement reality show host.
    Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Alfie, my hero and king, and Sophie are in the marketplace, and Sophie confesses everything.
    Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Nationally, the left often concedes first in the name of pragmatism, while more conservative factions hold firm and extract concessions.
    Darius Khalil Gordon, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That kind of advance won’t make physical crews or the places trying to lure them very happy, a point Stone concedes.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Reina Friedman Watts, who appears in the documentary as one of the former producers on The Jerry Springer Show, admits that background checks were not performed on contestants.
    Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Mohan admits she had been distracted by personal problems, and wishes Robby well on his sabbatical.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In this bracing blend of memoir and detective story, Junod unearths secrets about his father.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The most enlightening section covers the recording of Philosophy of the World, and Kwapis unearths a surprising number of eyewitnesses, given the amount of time that has since passed.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Plus, the metal tip imparts a cooling sensation with each application.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
  • As grandmother imparts her wisdom about the plants’ connection with phežúta — medicines — and the importance of giving thanks for their bounty, the pair sings a special song to stinging nettle, chokecherry, red clover, milkweed, elderberry, and golden rod.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Considered narrowly, statesmanship relates primarily to politics and government.
    John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Antinous is the principal mortal antagonist in Homer’s Odyssey, which relates Odysseus’s difficulties while getting home and how Penelope and her son, Telemachus, struggled to maintain their authority on Ithaca.
    Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Smokes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokes%20out. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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