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as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it
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as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
built a flume next to the road for runoff
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Recent Examples of flume
Yet the British press documented her life as the type of mother that millions of women could recognize: running barefoot in the mums’ race at a school sports day; riding the log flume with her children at a theme park; dropping the kids off at school, dressed in leggings and a baggy sweater.
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Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Braving a series of twists and turns while racing down the flume of a high-speed dueling water coaster?
Sun Sentinel
Dave Hyde: Ten April blunders tell why Dolphins don’t win in January
For too much of a quarter-century, the Dolphins have been on the wrong side of either-or draft decisions.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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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Air Mail, 10 May 2025
Braving a series of twists and turns while racing down the flume of a high-speed dueling water coaster?
Sun Sentinel
Dave Hyde: Ten April blunders tell why Dolphins don’t win in January
For too much of a quarter-century, the Dolphins have been on the wrong side of either-or draft decisions.
—South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flume
Noun
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The same button allows the driver to summon V-mode for canyon carving and track days.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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Excellent guide/driver combos take guests off-roading on geological Big 5 safari drives to see salt flats, geysers at 14,000 feet, canyons and dunes that rival Jordan and Utah, and a string of volcanoes that make this part of Chile one of the most active sites in the world.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
28 July 2025
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The striking statue is on view at the artists’ Art Zoo Museum in Amsterdam, which opened in June in a 17th century canal house that was previously the Bible Museum.—
Carved,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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The plane trees that line the historic canal, once captured in the glow of childhood and sunlight, are now dying—devastated by an invasive fungal disease known as canker stain.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But the armed groups that succeeded him still control huge swathes of the surrounding hills, where the Garcia ravine that claimed Sara Millerey weaves around dusty apartment blocks.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Most of Camp 25 happened to be spread along the bottom of a ravine.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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Water metering dates back to ancient civilizations, in early Rome, where aqueducts transported water throughout the city.—
Stephanie Threinen,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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An additional layer of complexity was the water in the aqueduct, which characters needed to be able to interact with.—
Ryan Fleming,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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However dogs that gorge on cicadas will find their exoskeletons difficult to digest, resulting in an upset stomach, abdominal pain, vomiting and bloody diarrhea.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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How to Get There: From the Canyon Mouth Day Use Parking Area lot at Little River Falls, take the Little Falls Trail for .75 miles down into the bottom of the gorge.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
20 June 2025
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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