smoking out

present participle of smoke out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoking out
Verb
  • Dumont, whose professional background is in owning and operating casinos, is gambling that his franchise can use a 34-year-old guard who is coming off another major injury whose forte is surreal quickness and dribble-drive penetration as the primary complement to Cooper Flagg.
    Mac Engel June 23, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
  • The museum began with Grant’s lifelong dream of owning an actual Gremlin puppet.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Meaning the next step is acknowledging that the infrastructure gap is now a scientific and policy problem, not just a curious find that will be published in a scientific journal article.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Ukraine's deep-strike successes had prompted some analysts to suggest the conflict could be turning in Kyiv's favor, with Putin acknowledging the impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian fuel production for the first time.
    Lim Hui Jie,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Without giving away too many details, Score teases the end of the fifth book has a surprise for these loyal readers.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Rather than trying to get past security and plant malware on your system, phishing sites do their best to trick you, the hapless user, into giving away your credentials.
    Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 25 June 2026
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“Smoking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoking%20out. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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