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Recent Examples of flue
But Melissa outwits them all and knocks everyone out by closing the fireplace flue.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
Peoples Gas has been onsite multiple times over the winter and identified the boiler exhaust flue as a potential source of the sporadic smell, district officials said.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
But Chaplin lets in enough fresh air to make the reader care about things like flue innovations and the proliferation of affordable thermometers.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The Groton Emergency Dispatch Center received a 911 call around 1:43 a.m. from resident of a townhouse on Driftwood Circle reporting a fire in the furnace and flue exhaust area of the residence, according to Capt. Gregory J. McCarthy of the Groton Police Department.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
Peoples Gas has been onsite multiple times over the winter and identified the boiler exhaust flue as a potential source of the sporadic smell, district officials said.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
But Chaplin lets in enough fresh air to make the reader care about things like flue innovations and the proliferation of affordable thermometers.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The Groton Emergency Dispatch Center received a 911 call around 1:43 a.m. from resident of a townhouse on Driftwood Circle reporting a fire in the furnace and flue exhaust area of the residence, according to Capt. Gregory J. McCarthy of the Groton Police Department.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flue
Noun
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Video footage shared by the local news outlets showed emergency responders using a rope system to pull the woman out of the chimney.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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At one home, a bullet penetrated a chimney, and at the other, at least three bullets went through a sliding glass door, police said, adding that a woman inside suffered a minor cut from broken glass.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.—
John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Sleep stations — McClain, Ayers, and Onishi cleaned out the air ducts leading into their crew quarters in the Harmony module.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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If the calculation is wrong, everything downstream—equipment selection, duct sizing, airflow balancing—will also be off.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Dams, straightening, dredging, channelizing, and an unseen network of pipes and drains and overflow tunnels have nearly eliminated the river’s likelihood of overflowing its banks and destroying businesses downtown.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Today this material can seal pipes and brave the ocean.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flue. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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