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chimneys

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plural of chimney

as in flues

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The painting is one of dozens Monet made painted during trips to London, showing a foggy view of a bridge across the River Thames in London, with smokestacks in the background.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
On muddy gravel between the smokestacks and the water, a forklift held what looked like an enormous sack of sand.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of smokestacks

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The stump itself won’t damage buried water lines, per se, but the roots can be ruthless with pipes.

— Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026
Researchers with Harvard University and the University of California Berkeley who looked at the early 20th century found that cities using lead pipes had murder rates roughly 25% higher than those using iron water-service lines.

— Richard Day, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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Back in New York the doctors confirmed the cancer had spread through all the milk ducts in my left breast and a double mastectomy was my only option.

— Samantha Ciaccia, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2026
The company has not provided temperature measurements, power consumption figures or details about the cooling ducts.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

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