as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Calmatters, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Multiple smoke shops in Connecticut that were raided had been caught selling products to minors.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
An adjacent storefront will eventually be stocked with wine, home goods and take-home versions of their dishes, such as pimento cheese and smoked catfish dips.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In July, the state’s Insurance Department filed legal action (not a lawsuit) against the plan, accusing it of denying more than 200 smoke-damage claims and saying the department’s multiyear investigation found hundreds of violations of consumer-protection laws.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Multiple smoke shops in Connecticut that were raided had been caught selling products to minors.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Over that time span, smoking among US adults fell from about 42% in 1965 to just 12% today, according to an analysis of CDC data by the American Lung Association.
—Jeffrey Kopp, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
An adjacent storefront will eventually be stocked with wine, home goods and take-home versions of their dishes, such as pimento cheese and smoked catfish dips.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
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Invita Cafe, a San Diego coffee shop, is being scrutinized and review-bombed on social media for pro-Charlie Kirk posts and products as part of a broader national response on both sides of the political aisle to last week's assassination of the conservative commentator.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Forget the marketing campaign that bombed.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Karl Maybach’s greatest contribution to the wonders of European civilization were his enormously powerful diesel engines that gave birth to the very first high-speed trains of Europe, emphatically putting steam trains out of business.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once the timer beeps, leave the door closed for another minute so the steam can do its work.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This isn't to say that Raskin's quest for a truly humane computer has completely come to naught.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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So the general vindication of the method was a very big deal for the IRS because, had the Tax Court invalidated the method, basically the whole cautionary and regulatory overhaul would have been for naught.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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That the Chargers team that finished a respectable 11-6 last season before being dusted, 32-12, in a wild-card playoff loss to the Houston Texans can be much more formidable offensively.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
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Trails remain accessible, wildlife is still active and early snow dusts the surrounding Chugach Mountains.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The subsequent breakout lifted NIO above key resistance from the weekly cloud model, a long-term trend following tool denoted by the shaded area on the chart.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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Third-party cloud storage providers that have shifted to using Apple's File Provider API, as most of them have, can display results here and in the general Spotlight search view.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eckhardt’s commentaries on God and scripture are dense and recursive, breaking ideas into component parts, placing them onto higher and lower planes, making hierarchies and triads out of them until eventually becoming something like an investigation into being and nothingness themselves.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love—what is the point?—
Greg Norman , David Spunt,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The researchers spent years overcoming these issues before finding a condition that worked consistently.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mandatory reporting aims to overcome the many reasons people might otherwise stay silent such as fear of retaliation, reluctance to damage relationships, or simple unwillingness to get involved.—
Nina A. Kohn,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, JetBlue and Spirit Airlines, which primarily operate A320s, saw a combined 660% surge in frequency of fume events between 2016 and 2024, according to the report.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Wall Street Journal analysis found the number of fume incidents surged 660% between 2016 and 2024 for JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines, which both primarily use Airbus aircraft.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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