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Recent Examples of smog
Grove’s proposal, Senate Bill 712 — dubbed Leno’s Law — would exempt vehicles 35 years or older from California’s smog check program.
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Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
More than any other eastern state, Connecticut has suffered from this due to prevailing wind currents dumping pollution, greenhouse gases and summertime smog here that emanate from midwestern and upwind power plants and other industrial sources.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
Cities that were once notorious for their thick, choking smog – such as Los Angeles, Houston and Pittsburgh – now see far cleaner air, while lakes and forests devastated by acid rain in the Northeast have rebounded.
—Richard E. Peltier, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
The gas can form volcanic smog (vog) when exposed to the atmosphere, and long-term exposure to vog can cause irritation of the eyes, throat and lungs.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2025
More than any other eastern state, Connecticut has suffered from this due to prevailing wind currents dumping pollution, greenhouse gases and summertime smog here that emanate from midwestern and upwind power plants and other industrial sources.
—Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
Cities that were once notorious for their thick, choking smog – such as Los Angeles, Houston and Pittsburgh – now see far cleaner air, while lakes and forests devastated by acid rain in the Northeast have rebounded.
—Richard E. Peltier, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2025
The gas can form volcanic smog (vog) when exposed to the atmosphere, and long-term exposure to vog can cause irritation of the eyes, throat and lungs.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smog
Noun
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An expansive view of the French Alps covered in a wispy summer haze stretches out behind him.—
Nathaniel Parish Flannery,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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Beautiful beaches, palm trees and picturesque homes — that were impossible to see behind a thick haze.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
1 May 2025
Noun
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2025
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Fans saw through the fog from the beginning, and each slight felt more telling than the last.—
Charlotte Walsh,
Vulture,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Revenue from the Intelligent Cloud segment grew by 21% to $26.8 billion, primarily due to Azure and other cloud offerings.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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What To Know The legislation, SB 56, would make unapproved cloud seeding and other similar activities a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison or significantly raised fines of up to $100,000.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
Noun
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The device is not particularly technologically advanced; the electronic components inside consist of little more than a battery and a heating coil that turns liquid into mist.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2025
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Copper frames reference The Balvenie’s distillation process, brutalist forms nod to the distillery’s architecture, and mist, light and sound call the slow, transformative maturation of The Balvenie Fifty Collection.—
Nargess Banks,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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