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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

The final flourish: A small amount of peanut oil is heated in a pan until it is smoking hot.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

General Washington in uniform and bareheaded, standing, facing the left, has just given the calumet of peace to an Indian chief, who is smoking it.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand