ashtray
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Fiji's ambassador to the UN, Filipo Tarakinikini, wrote on social media in April that the Vuda coast north of Nadi "must not become the Pacific's ashtray".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Baltimore Ravens legend Ed Reed frequently comments on his posts and recently sent him a branded cigar ashtray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
“I bought the first one of these on EBay,” Rogen said of a standing Maurice Chalvignac ashtray that looks like the lovechild of a dumbbell and a Q-tip.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024
“Well, if you’re not doing anything . . . I don’t know. I feel like I’m going back two years of my life. I don’t even think about it anymore. Nice ashtray by the way.”
From Salon • May 16, 2024
On one of the tables there are some thumbed Reader's Digest and Maclean's magazines, and on another an ashtray, white with a rosebud trim.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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