chute

variants also shute

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chute On April 24 during his PBR team series debut, Playmate went berserk in the bucking chute and the rider had to be helped off the raging bull. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2025 The chutes were made of concrete and fiberglass, which could lead to serious road rash and other injuries for riders who might lose their sled amid the ride. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 May 2025 At the dam’s base, water is forced into a narrow chute—about 100 yards wide and over 700 feet deep—creating violent Class 5 rapids, some of the most dangerous in the world. Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025 The first month of the season has been a marathon, with the Red Sox playing 36 games in 39 days out of the chute with only three scheduled off days. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for chute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
  • Rafting class system, explained Most kid-friendly white water rafting trips fall within Class I-II.
    Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
  • What started as a distant rumble grew into an earthquake-like tremor—a freight train of white water barreling toward them.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Likening it to how digital quickly overtook film and how now cell phones are being used for professional shoots, Kenney-Silver shared that advancement is par for the course.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 June 2025
  • Productions will have two weeks of prep and two week shoots using the same crews but with a change of DP.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 4 Jul. 2025.

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