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Recent Examples of chute
The waterfall, where the Roaring River runs through a granite chute, is a popular site for tourist photos and is reached by a quarter-mile hike.
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
What makes Roaring River Falls so dangerous Roaring River Falls is a 40-foot cascade that surges through a narrow granite chute, especially powerful in late spring and early summer when melting snow feeds Sierra rivers.
—James Ward, USA Today, 2 June 2026
The next one on the chute will most likely be OpenAI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
Be sure your mower has a chute blocker and point the chute towards your own property, not the neighbor’s, to avoid making a mess or damaging their cars.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
What makes Roaring River Falls so dangerous Roaring River Falls is a 40-foot cascade that surges through a narrow granite chute, especially powerful in late spring and early summer when melting snow feeds Sierra rivers.
—James Ward, USA Today, 2 June 2026
The next one on the chute will most likely be OpenAI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026
Be sure your mower has a chute blocker and point the chute towards your own property, not the neighbor’s, to avoid making a mess or damaging their cars.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
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One of many great trout streams that wind through this state, which is really a destination for fly fishing, white water boating — river recreation is huge here in Colorado.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
10 June 2026
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Whistler is also home to over 31 miles of alpine hiking trails, four championship golf courses, four lakes for water sports, three rivers for white water rafting, as well as the famed Peak 2 Peak gondola.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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But the day of the shoot — there was a biscuit rig on the car, and the gentleman working the biscuit rig did a test run and lost control of the car.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Markley brought Lou Antonellis, a representative from the IBEW, an electrical workers union, to our shoot.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The new attraction is set to break three world records and features the first-ever mega drop on a log flume.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The aquatic center’s attractions include a zero-depth pool, interactive water play area, lazy river, body speed slides, tube slide, flume slide, platform cliff jump and drop slide.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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