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smoking

  • present participle
    of smoke.
    smoke
    noun
    the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.

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The researchers also examined how tea consumption related to other lifestyle factors, including smoking and physical activity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mr. Jones offers compelling circumstantial evidence, but there is no smoking gun.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The manosphere is "as bad as smoking", reports the Metro, quoting new research from the gender equality institute Global 50/50.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

By Sunday afternoon, the rumor had acquired its supposed smoking gun.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Seth’s cough had become worse, and after an afternoon smoking fish he’d started to wheeze and spit out green phlegm, but the master did nothing about it.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo