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The former Middleborough High standout allowed RBI singles to Tyler O’Neill and Ryan Mountcastle, and later also a two-run double by Cedric Mullins that put the Red Sox in a 4-0 hole right out of the chute.
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Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
While most dams rely on spillways shaped like chutes or shafts to drain the overage, the dam at Lake Berryessa uses a funnel-like spillway due to lack of space, per local news outlet The Press Democrat.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
For the final 12-hour deadline, a group of race marshals gathers in the finishing chute.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
The report added that the Learjet was not equipped with reverse thrusters and its drag chute was not deployed.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
While most dams rely on spillways shaped like chutes or shafts to drain the overage, the dam at Lake Berryessa uses a funnel-like spillway due to lack of space, per local news outlet The Press Democrat.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
For the final 12-hour deadline, a group of race marshals gathers in the finishing chute.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
The report added that the Learjet was not equipped with reverse thrusters and its drag chute was not deployed.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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But there’s plenty to do on-property as well, with opportunities to ride horses, white water raft, and fly fish in the South Fork of the Madison River.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Apr. 2025
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Hutch was a white water rafting guide in Ontario who got pulled into the water after a rafter fell off the boat and pulled on Hutch's life jacket.—
Rosalind Bowling,
The Tennessean,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The shoot was a closed set to limit the number of bystanders to the necessary people.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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With only two episodes left before the Gemstones sing their final hedonistic hymn on the May 4 series finale, Baltz zoomed in from the North Carolina shoot of an upcoming Bobby Farrelly movie to talk about his alter ego’s colorful arc.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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Highlights here include two award-winning golf courses, a luxurious spa, and a 91,000-square-foot water park featuring a lazy river and water flume. hammockbeach.com, 200 Ocean Crest Dr, Palm Coast, FL 32137 Rent A Condo Many Palm Coast visitors choose to rent a condominium for their stay.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sitting on the top of a ridge, the residence looks down upon Chili Bar, one of California’s most popular whitewater stretches, and the old historic flume in the distance.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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