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Recent Examples of chute
Revelstoke Mountain Resort boasts the most vertical in North America and has a rugged feel with chutes and bowls up top and beginner-friendly terrain near the base.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024
The start signal beeped, and Wedding launched himself out of the chute, his six-foot-four frame coiled low to the ground.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
The drag chute is deployed on July 21, 2011, as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in the final mission of the NASA shuttle program.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Rodriguez had more than 600 jumps but apparently failed to pull either his main or reserve parachutes, according to The Record.
April 7, 1993
Deven Whittaker, 15, died after his main parachute deployed improperly and became entangled with a backup chute, according to an FAA incident report.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2024
The start signal beeped, and Wedding launched himself out of the chute, his six-foot-four frame coiled low to the ground.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
The drag chute is deployed on July 21, 2011, as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in the final mission of the NASA shuttle program.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Rodriguez had more than 600 jumps but apparently failed to pull either his main or reserve parachutes, according to The Record.
April 7, 1993
Deven Whittaker, 15, died after his main parachute deployed improperly and became entangled with a backup chute, according to an FAA incident report.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Travelers can go white water rafting in Costa Rica, take a safari in Eswatini and hike up a volcano in Spain.—
MaryLou Costa, contributor,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There’s the script, there’s the shoot, and there’s the edit.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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King was David Bowie’s personal photographer and stylist, and came out of retirement for the shoot, which took place at the apartment on 98th Street.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
19 Feb. 2025
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But for those interested in gentler excitement, Silverwood has several classic amusement park attractions, including a Ferris wheel, carousel, log flume, and drop tower.—
Carly Caramanna,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2025
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Address: 175 Gists Creek Road, Sevierville Wave Country Nashville’s Wave Country is an outdoor water park with three water flumes, two speed slides, and a kiddie pool with water-dropping features and a playground.—
Devarrick Turner,
USA TODAY,
17 July 2024
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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