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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flues
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Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
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These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries.
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This will involve assessing your system’s indoor and outdoor components, including ducts and dirty filters—which should be replaced every one to three months.
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Ductal carcinoma in situ occurs when cancer cells line the ducts in the chest but have not spread to other tissue.
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To prevent that, some operators maintain low oil flow rates, akin to dripping a faucet in freezing cold weather to avoid frozen pipes.
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And for hiding unsightly landscape utilities, pipes, sprinkler valves, this realistic-looking landscape rock is deeply discounted right now.
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Recent studies of the river outlet works have shown that managers can operate the backup tubes continuously in a safe way, said Katrina Grantz, the deputy regional director for Reclamation’s Upper Colorado Region, at a conference in Boulder earlier this month.
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The Deschutes River courses right through town, and people love to drift down the river with tubes, stand-up paddle boards, and the occasional inflatable unicorn.
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“Flues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flues. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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