flume

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Recent Examples of flume Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is a log flume ride based on Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog. Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024 With a narrower flume, the action takes place closer to you. Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024 All About Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney’s Upcoming Princess and The Frog Ride The basic components of the flume ride remain, including its famous 50-foot drop. Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024 There were long lines Sunday for the Giant Wheel, the log flume and other popular rides as people used the last of ride tickets many had bought earlier in the year, thinking Wonderland would go on forever. Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for flume 
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Noun
  • The monument will begin at Painted Canyon near the eastern edge of the Coachella Valley, where rocky hills and canyon walls are washed in light pink, red, gray, brown and green hues.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The 3-mile out and back hike is moderate, climbing 300 feet over a ridge before descending into a desert canyon, which directs water into an oasis that supports surprisingly lush flora, including the eponymous palm trees.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In the 1970s, diverse forces on the right came together to fight against ceding control of the canal to Panama, seeing the move as weak and antithetical to American interests.
    Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage, including a red 1955 Ford Thunderbird.
    KC Baker, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.
    Virginia Iglesias, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Most water used in Los Angeles doesn't come from Northern California but from local aqueducts and groundwater.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more than 91 billion gallons across its vast infrastructure.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sheltered between the 4-meter high, 2.5-meter wide walls and the 60-meter-deep gorges, people built dugout houses, then later aboveground stone ones, along with stone animal pens and other buildings.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
  • At least 13 people were killed and 28 injured after a bus filled with tourists plummeted down a 160-foot gorge in Colombia.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025

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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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