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are smoking

  • present progressive
    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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It's a sombre gathering in the backstreets of one of China's biggest manufacturing hubs, where workers are smoking under a tree in front of storefronts advertising temporary factory jobs.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

Read: ‘Story’ stocks are smoking hot in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025

Yet down in the red zone, the BBQs are smoking, the music is pumping, and the convoy rolls on, for now.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2022

“I’ve had some guys that are smoking hot against us, but I’ve never seen that kind of damage over four days.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2019

Around us are smoking ruins,—burned barracks and storehouses, barrels of flour and bacon simmering in the fire.

From My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Charles Carleton Coffin