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Recent Examples of flue
The dog owner told GMA her apartment's leak was caused by a bird's nest sitting in the flue of her building's gas water heater.
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Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The base layer of insulating straw was topped by turves — soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants — and finished with clay, which near the apex of the roof may have formed a chimney or flue.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
To end up with flue gas that’s almost exclusively CO2 and water, their cycle would have to inhale 95 percent pure oxygen.
—David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
There’s no flue on that wall, which backs the bathroom.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
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Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
The base layer of insulating straw was topped by turves — soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants — and finished with clay, which near the apex of the roof may have formed a chimney or flue.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
To end up with flue gas that’s almost exclusively CO2 and water, their cycle would have to inhale 95 percent pure oxygen.
—David Wagman, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2018
There’s no flue on that wall, which backs the bathroom.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flue
Noun
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The brick chimney, with the herringbone pattern that Justin had designed, still stood.—
Billy Witz,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Only solitary chimneys and askew mailboxes survive to distinguish one property from another.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Satellite images currently might confuse clouds or a smokestack for fires, Van Arsdale said.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2024
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There’s another deck dedicated to al fresco dining and, perhaps the penthouse’s most unique feature, a third rooftop deck that sits in the up-close shadow of two of the building’s four original smokestacks, which give the power station its iconic silhouette, with 360-degree city views.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The second floor air ducts do not distribute heat evenly.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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But the team also prints parts that go straight onto the race car, like housings, ducts, and brackets.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Just as soon as that sink drain backs up, figuring out how to fix a garbage disposal jumps to number one on your to do list—after all, garbage disposal problems can be inconvenient and dirty affairs, with odors wafting up and soiled liquid dripping from the drain pipe below.—
Steven John,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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The lead content of Los Angeles’ air reached 100 times its normal level as the fires consumed old pipes and paint.—
German Lopez,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flue. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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