smoke out

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Recent Examples of smoke out White House aides were similarly trying to smoke out where things stood. Philip Elliott, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Near the coast, the Palisades fire chewed through the Santa Monica Mountains and reduced dream houses with Pacific views to their foundations, sending a jetstream of smoke out to the ocean. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 When in your car, put the air on recirculate mode to keep the smoke out and keep the windows closed. John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Madison kept to her usual: a light pink lip, smoked out eyeliner, and a flush of blush. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smoke out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke out
Verb
  • The couple, who have seven boys ranging in age from 6 years old to 27, also own a Victorian-style house on 5 acres in nearby Vineyard, east of Elk Grove.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The utility had owned replacement generators since 1988 but had not installed them.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Here, too, the leaf litter had been raked up everywhere by turkeys.
    Larry Dablemont, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Unfortunately, if the plant has flowered and produced burs, there’s no way to mow, rake up, or otherwise remove them from the lawn to get rid of them.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday acknowledged that Trump’s tariffs, which were significantly more aggressive than the central bank had expected, would drive prices higher and slow down the economy.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Intersectionality acknowledges that there are multiple layers of oppression that need to be addressed to overcome these barriers.
    Anou Khot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Inside every cairn, the team unearthed countless human and animal bones, often fragmented.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Pounding the pavement to rummage for vintage treasure is inherent to unearthing the rare and one-of-a-kind pieces that celebrity stylists, editors, and fashion-loving brides-to-be seek her out for.
    Talia Abbas, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Brian Tyree Henry confessed to breaking his own cardinal rule of not returning to television in order to star in Apple TV+’s crime drama Dope Thief.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Ninety percent of British women and nonbinary people polled in 2020 confessed to sometimes using filters before posting selfies, and 85 percent to using external editing software such as FaceTune to tweak pictures of themselves.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Deputy Latah County Prosecutor Ashley Jennings also flat out denied Taylor's accusations that prosecutors were slow-walking discovery and said everything the defense has asked for has been provided, a point that Taylor conceded in front of the judge.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • His interrogator conceded that the police must have gotten the wrong guy and released him within weeks.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The grain also imparts subtle herbal and grassy notes, typically described as dill, mint, parsley or even sage.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Pandan is a plant from Southeast Asia that is used to impart a sweet, floral taste to the dishes it’s added to.
    Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Rory McIlroy admitted in his post-final round interview with reporters that dropping to his knees after watching his playoff birdie putt sink to win the 89th Masters tournament was pure relief.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Haitians, Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and Afghans admitted through Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and humanitarian parole programs now find themselves in a similar state of limbo.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

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“Smoke out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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