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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a smuggling" is not correct in standard English usage.
The term "smuggling" is typically used as an uncountable noun, so it does not require an article like "a."
Example: "The authorities are cracking down on smuggling across the border."
Alternatives: "smuggling operation" or "smuggling activity."
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Weren't you instead on a smuggling errand?
It also is a smuggling route.
It sounded like a smuggling scam.
Meanwhile, Colombia has filed a smuggling lawsuit against Philip Morris.
Othman ordered him to establish a smuggling route across the Iraq-Iran border.
Qusayr is considered a smuggling route that supplies rebels with weapons, ammunition and fighters.
Short of the border, they left the cars and met a guide from a smuggling network.
Later investigations revealed that a smuggling operation brought in infected cattle from Northern Ireland.
Suspecting a smuggling operation, the Chinese withdrew and waited to see what might happen.
The country's main economic activity is serving as a smuggling hub for the global arms market.
Notorious during the 17th and 18th centuries as a smuggling centre, Llívia now trades in agricultural products.
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