as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Tom Hanson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
While the sky directly above the mall was blue, the incredibly long wall of smoke above the hills to the north was unnerving.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Based on the agency’s population health model, officials estimate that nearly 13 million people who currently smoke cigarettes will quit within a year of the rule taking effect.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
The rule aims to force the nearly 12% of Americans still using combustible tobacco products to switch to less dangerous alternatives, like vaping electronic cigarettes or using nicotine lozenges, or quit altogether while ending rates of youth starting to smoke traditional cigarettes.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
As the smoke clears, the scale of loss is coming into focus.
—Tom Hanson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
While the sky directly above the mall was blue, the incredibly long wall of smoke above the hills to the north was unnerving.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Which helps to explain why so many popular stand-ups have blown their hosting stints; Jo Koy memorably bombed on the Globes stage last year with a misogynistic Barbie riff.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Jan. 2025
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After last year’s host, Jo Koy, memorably bombed, the emcee this year, Nikki Glaser, could hardly do worse.—
Stephanie Goodman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Also, a tight-fitting lid will help keep steam in, cook onions faster, and reduce the need to deglaze the pot.—
Renu Dhar,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Instead of lugging a bucket and a mop, try investing in a steam mop.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.—
Robert M. Danin,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
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Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.—
Jessica Flores,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Aug. 2021
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Other things to consider: dusting electronics (especially in hard-to-reach-areas) and sanitizing remote controls.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2024
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Remember the Patriots picking up Caleb and dusting him off because no o-linemen were there to help him up?—
Kevin Fishbain,
The Athletic,
25 Dec. 2024
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Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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If there’s been some tension, a heavy cloud or just a feeling of stagnation around your passions, romantic life or in regard to children, the universe is embracing you this week and assuring you that the cosmos are still on your side.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Much of the story seems to be about waiting, and then what happens after that waiting comes to an end: the disappointment, pain, or even nothingness that eventually follows.—
Dennis Zhou,
The New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2024
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In addition, Earth is positively miniscule compared to the vast expanses of nothingness that define the volume of our Solar System.—
Paul Sutter,
Ars Technica,
10 May 2024
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Both quarterbacks, roommates at the Manning Passing Academy, overcame difficult, and certainly shocking, defeats on their way to leading Ohio State and Notre Dame, respectively, to Monday’s CFP national championship game in Atlanta.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Lunar Owls overcame a six-point deficit and ended up winning the league’s first game 84-80 after Diggins-Smith hit a game-ending 3-pointer.—
Sabreena Merchant,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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The new fee, criticized as a driving tax on the middle class and businesses, is meant to encourage people to take the subway, cutting down on exhaust fumes and raising money for the city's Metropolitan Transportation Authority.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Within minutes the fumes grow bigger and blacker and soon the metropolitan skyline appears to be covered in large plumes of smoke.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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