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Recent Examples of chimneySome traditions are timeless − black smoke from the chimney after a vote means no candidate has received the necessary votes.—John Bacon, USA Today, 9 May 2025 White smoke billowed out of the chimney above the Sistine Chapel Thursday evening.—Zoë Richards, NBC news, 9 May 2025 White Smoke Billows from Vatican Chimney White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, signaling that a new pope—the 267th leader of the Catholic Church—had been chosen on the second day of the conclave.—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 On Wednesday evening, black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that no new pope had been selected.—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for chimney
The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
If using a fireplace, make sure the chimney flue is open and stay awake while the fire is burning.
Wildfire smoke is starting to erode the world’s progress in cleaning up pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, as climate change supercharges fires, scientists have said.
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Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
Some are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires.
In January, hundreds of residents were evacuated from the Patrick Sullivan Senior Apartments on the Near West Side due to a burst pipe, which resulted in flooding and the loss of heat and hot water.
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Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
If a thick layer of wet coffee grounds is placed around a plant, a water-resistant barrier is formed (ask a plumber what the grounds do to your plumbing pipes).
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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