Example Sentences

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It’s index investing, which has smoked the active managers virtually since it was popularized by John Bogle and his Vanguard Group in the mid-1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Actor Kate Winslett has smoked on screen before, but not like this.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2021

The island is New Zealand’s most active volcano: It has smoked continuously for centuries according to Maori lore, and Capt. James Cook observed it in 1769 during his first voyage in the Pacific.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2016

Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich of Spokane County, Washington says officers who suspect a driver has smoked too much will have to summon a paramedic to draw blood for a test.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2012

Yet, although it has smoked slightly at times, never has it smoked as it is doing now.

From The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure by Breckenridge, Gerald