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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flues
Noun
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As environmental regulations limit the toxic output from smokestacks and tail pipes, particulate matter that could be absorbing or blocking incoming sunlight is being eliminated, leading to gradually warmer oceans.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025 -
On a macro scale, that effect has been well-documented by photographers, with aerial shots of waterways clogged with plastic, the scars on barren land from deforestation and countless smokestacks spewing pollution into the air.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Word of the raid spread across the property, triggering a scramble among workers who attempted to flee, with some running to a sewage pond and others hiding in air ducts.—
Caroll Alvarado,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Common issues include challenges with the baby latching onto your nipple, sore nipples, low milk supply, thrush, plugged milk ducts, inflammation of the breast (mastitis), and inverted nipples.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bacteria that live on the insides of pipes in a water system convert that ammonia to nitrite in a process called nitrification.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Later that year, while hospitalized for an alleged appendicitis, Sobhraj took advantage of a blackout caused by the Indo-Pakistani war to escape, slipping out through the drainage pipes.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Each vessel is equipped with 32 vertical launch tubes for three types of anti-surface and land-attack cruise missiles, as well as 10 torpedo tubes.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In images shared on the GoFundMe page, he is seen at the hospital with tubes in his nose and one of his legs severely blistered and bruised all over his shin down to the ankle.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Flues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flues. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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