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chimney

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as in flue

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Recent Examples of chimney In Summit, New Jersey, fire crews responded to a blaze at a multi-unit home after an apparent lightning strike hit the chimney and caused a fire in the attic, CNN affiliate WABC reported. — Dakota Smith, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 New additions this year in Aurora will include A Little Slice of Europe, featuring European cheeses; Biro Kurtos, serving chimney cakes; and Steincenter, offering a new selection of steins. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Many houses were built with cupolas (basically the summer version of a chimney), which use a stack effect to naturally send warm air upward and out. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 The only thing better than a cozy fireplace is one that doesn’t need, soot, wood, or chimney cleaning. — Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chimney

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Ray is also an alcoholic, hiding bottles in a toilet tank, an attic, a fireplace flue, even filling a soda bottle with booze for his workout.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Chinese media described the process as a closed system in which flue gas enters one end of the pipeline and fertiliser emerges from the other.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026

Definition of flue

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Her final studio album, 2023’s Rockstar, was a smokestack of rock and metal covers and duets.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Its skyline is dominated by towering smokestacks, hulking arrays of metal tubes and bright flames erupting from flares at petrochemical plants in the global plastics supply chain.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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Aguas de La Habana, the state utilities company in the capital, issues daily updates to clients on service interruptions caused by electricity cuts or burst pipes.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
The project is expected to start sending water into city pipes as soon as early 2029.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

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During the protest, participants wore wedding dresses, duct-taped their mouths and chained their wrists on the Capitol steps to call on lawmakers to pass the measure.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Television guitarist and co-founder Richard Lloyd has been diagnosed with bile-duct cancer, and a GoFundMe has been launched to assist him and his family in covering his medical expenses.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026

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