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Indianapolis 500 Stats First Indianapolis 500: 1911 Circuit Length: 2.5-mile, rectangular oval including two long straights, four 90-degree turns and two short chutes.
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Elizabeth was found dead inside a trash chute of her son’s apartment building in Miami Beach on Sunday, during a welfare check requested by her son-in-law.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The double parachute system consists of a 50-foot-wide (15-meter) first-stage chute and a secondary 118-foot-wide (35m) chute, which is, according to ESA, the largest ever designed to land an object on Mars.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 July 2025
The 1-year-old child was recovered from the chute, sustaining a minor abrasion to the torso, police said.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Elizabeth was found dead inside a trash chute of her son’s apartment building in Miami Beach on Sunday, during a welfare check requested by her son-in-law.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
The double parachute system consists of a 50-foot-wide (15-meter) first-stage chute and a secondary 118-foot-wide (35m) chute, which is, according to ESA, the largest ever designed to land an object on Mars.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 July 2025
The 1-year-old child was recovered from the chute, sustaining a minor abrasion to the torso, police said.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
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Offering accommodations—such as flex hours, noise-cancelling headphones or work-from-home options—without matching individuals to jobs that align with their core behavioral traits and cognitive strengths is like giving someone a life vest and then pushing them into white water rapids.—
Miriam Groom,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Have any of the designers actually been white water rafting?—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Over in Russia, a 32-year-old content creator ended up with a fractured spine after recreating the pose for her first-ever blog shoot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The shoot quietly took place on and off in upstate New York during a three-month stretch.—
William Earl,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
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This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.—
Michelle Baran,
AFAR Media,
27 June 2025
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Every day, Robert Krehbiel takes a measurement from the flume and reports the current flow to the Division of Water Resources.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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