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Recent Examples of stovepipe
Straight cut, cigarette, stovepipe, pencil jeans -- all of these are names for variations on a jean cut close to the body with a non-tapered ankle that's nearly universally flattering and looks fresh again.
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Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Make the jump to cigarette jeans, also known (less charmingly) as stovepipe or boyfriend jeans, which are slowly but surely creeping into the fashion ecosystem.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
But the design can be quite elongating if the pair in question has a higher rise and sleek stovepipe leg.
—Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
The egg stuck, sizzling, on the edge of the stovepipe, which toppled toward my bare legs.
—Patrick F. McManus, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2025
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Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Make the jump to cigarette jeans, also known (less charmingly) as stovepipe or boyfriend jeans, which are slowly but surely creeping into the fashion ecosystem.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2026
But the design can be quite elongating if the pair in question has a higher rise and sleek stovepipe leg.
—Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
The egg stuck, sizzling, on the edge of the stovepipe, which toppled toward my bare legs.
—Patrick F. McManus, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stovepipe
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Eating contests for kids and adults will feature ice cream, funnel cakes, barbecue pizza, watermelon and corn dogs.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Inspired by wetland plants like mangroves, 12-year-old Ella Barth and Esme Tsai’s prototype glass funnel uses layers of coffee filter paper, gravel, sand, ion exchange resin, charcoal and cotton, mimicking a natural filtration process to help rid local tap water of its chalky taste.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Ferrier fell onto the hood of the car and multiple eyewitnesses reported that Allen tried to accelerate and break in an attempt to get him off.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Under the hood, the agent is pulling text from merchant product descriptions, marketing pages and review snippets that were written to rank on Google, not to survive scrutiny from an AI making a purchase recommendation.—
Michael Quoc,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Sanders said the fire was challenging because the building, a 66-unit complex split into two sections, does not have a standpipe system.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Utilities might be shut off — and sprinkler or standpipe systems drained — leaving firefighters without tools that could slow a blaze.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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As for fly ash, once the carbon is burned away, the residual ash contains tiny mineral particles that are often captured in smokestacks.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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There’s an orange and white smokestack, a Soriana sofa, a three-legged glass creature, and even a series of figures holding a life net to catch the ash.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
23 May 2026
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Charlie Chaplin, an Englishman, did in fact wear a beret as an actor spoofing a pretentious director in his 1916 short Behind the Screen.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Then came John Travolta and his charming little berets.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 May 2026
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Fire engineers are typically responsible for maintaining fire engines and other equipment, driving fire engines, and connecting hoses to hydrants and other water sources, in addition to standard firefighter duties.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Following the fire last month, Pernerewski said officials found that the two hydrants likely became blocked with debris and that residue had gotten stuck in the pipes.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
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Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2024
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“Stovepipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stovepipe. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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