Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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The giant coal pile behind Intermountain Power Plant is smoking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
In another, posted on Instagram two days after Christmas last year, a man dressed as Santa Claus and wearing a military helmet is smoking a cigar and holding a Daniel Defense rifle.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022
The essence of what they do is smoking, low and slow.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
“This is not targeting individuals, this is not to give anybody license to arrest somebody who is smoking a cigarette, a menthol cigarette. This is going after the manufacturers of this.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
To furtively shoot at a peaceful Mussulman when he is smoking his pipe and amusing himself with his children, I never heard the like.
From The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries by Mór Jókai
