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A wildfire north Athens that erupted on Tuesday has smothered the capital in smoke and ash, spreading to the town of Menidi, from where about 150 people were evacuated from three nursing homes.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

Global warming has made the severe heat wave that has smothered much of Pakistan and India this spring hotter and much more likely to occur, climate scientists said Monday.

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

A toxic haze has smothered Delhi since the festival of Diwali.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021

The August Complex blaze burning to the north — the largest fire in California history — has smothered his county in smoke for two months.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2020

The snow has smothered the rivers, and the great looping trestles run over what might be a lather of suds in a huge wash-tub.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard