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chimney

noun

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as in flue

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Recent Examples of chimney Meanwhile, a search operation had ended at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in the Yatsushiro area where a chimney collapsed in the quake, Kihara said. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 In the Yatsushiro area, where a chimney collapsed at a Nippon Paper Industries factory, 10 people were rescued, but eight others died, and one remained missing, the Kumamoto prefectural disaster team said. — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Five people were killed after a chimney collapsed at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in the city of Yatsushiro, Reuters reported, citing Japanese public broadcaster NHK. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 29 July 2026 Place vent covers or protective barriers along your chimney or vents to keep them out. — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for chimney

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Noun

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

Noun

There is also a record that staff there was improperly emitting particles through their smokestack.

— Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of smokestack

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Moreover, pumping so much cool water inside the caverns, which naturally have a higher temperature, can result in thermal shock, causing large pieces of salt to fall and break, potentially damaging the extraction pipes within the cavern.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
The Russian bombs hit a pipe and the area was flooded in knee-deep water.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

Energy density optimization for scalability The architecture also removes the need for bulky cooling plates, air ducts, and wide safety gaps between individual modules.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
Airflow, duct design, insulation, air leakage and commissioning all influence how efficiently that equipment performs.

— Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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