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Recent Examples of chimney stack
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
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Early reports indicate the explosion came from a chimney within the Mitchel Houses building, according to a statement from officials.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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One of these is the Lost City, a vast hydrothermal field at the bottom of the Atlantic—a kind of unique prehistoric hotbed of massive, dramatic chimney spires venting chemical reactions that scientists have been studying for clues to how life on Earth (and other planets) began.—
Bonnie Tsui,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The flue gases leaving these facilities contain 3-15% CO2 by volume.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Make sure the fireplace flue is open before lighting it.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The element that sets the 95-suite 679-foot ship apart is its signature Funnel Suite, reminiscent of the smokestacks of early-20th-century ocean liners.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the 1700’s a factory smokestack in England was spewing smoking ashes onto a neighboring property.—
Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
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The National Park Service closes the North Rim in winter, in part because the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was built for summer, with shallow pipes that would freeze in winter.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Check out other gaming options in our best PC games roundup, and swing by our 2025 video game calendar to see what other titles are coming down the pipe later this year.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Specifically, they have been designed to explore lava tubes or underground tunnels formed by ancient volcanic activity that may exist on the moon.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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While it hasn't been made mandatory, drivers are encouraged to wear the cooling vest that features tubes.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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This matters because most breast cancers begin in glandular and fibrous tissues, specifically the milk ducts or lobules.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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