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Recent Examples of flue
There’s no flue on that wall, which backs the bathroom.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
During the flue solo, V walked through a curtain to reveal a watery room filled with backup dancers who joined him in for some slow-motion choreo.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The Gothic towers that make Parliament’s silhouette so recognizable, for example, are in fact air shafts connected to an internal network of flues and channels.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2023
According to a statement from the Phoenix Fire Department, firefighters responded to a single-story home in the area of 39th Avenue and Camelback Road just after 1 a.m. on Friday for reports of a person trapped in a chimney flue.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Nov. 2023
During the flue solo, V walked through a curtain to reveal a watery room filled with backup dancers who joined him in for some slow-motion choreo.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The Gothic towers that make Parliament’s silhouette so recognizable, for example, are in fact air shafts connected to an internal network of flues and channels.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2023
According to a statement from the Phoenix Fire Department, firefighters responded to a single-story home in the area of 39th Avenue and Camelback Road just after 1 a.m. on Friday for reports of a person trapped in a chimney flue.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flue
Noun
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These allow the stove’s chimney to pass through the tent without damaging the fabric.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Outdoors Gaps around windows, your front door, and your chimney provide an opportunity for outdoor pollutants to sneak in.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically regulate.Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
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In the days when the Harlem River was lined with smokestack industry, its bridges swung open and closed constantly, six or seven times a day, to let ships through.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 July 2024
Noun
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In the 1988 tear duct obliterator Beaches, Barbara Hershey’s Hillary sits in an Adirondack chair in the salty air.Eliza Berman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
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Other changes such as the swapping of a cigarette ashtray for an air duct help improve comfort in the vehicle are standard.Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2024
Noun
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In back, a pipe is leaking, damaged when the wall supporting a heater was torn out.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Now, a team of engineers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) in Australia have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help reduce the number of fatbergs that form in sewers.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flue. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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