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Recent Examples of chimney
Over the past few months, Ukrainian drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania.
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Stephen McGrath,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
One submission included AnneMarie Branch-Winic’s childhood home, which belonged to her mother for 71 years and featured detailed vines weaving through the brick chimney and an American flag standing next to a sycamore tree.
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Sam Mulick,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
The storybook structure has a pointed roof, crooked chimney, and the general appearance of something out of a Brothers Grimm illustration.
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David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
The dessert cones are inspired by the popular chimney cakes in Prague.
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Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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Stephen McGrath,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
One submission included AnneMarie Branch-Winic’s childhood home, which belonged to her mother for 71 years and featured detailed vines weaving through the brick chimney and an American flag standing next to a sycamore tree.
—
Sam Mulick,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
The storybook structure has a pointed roof, crooked chimney, and the general appearance of something out of a Brothers Grimm illustration.
—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
The dessert cones are inspired by the popular chimney cakes in Prague.
—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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.
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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.
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If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.
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Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
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The freshwater mollusk, first spotted in North America in the Delta in 2024, threatens water systems by clogging pipes and altering the food web.
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Spoon or pipe yolk mixture evenly into reserved egg white halves.
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This is just the price that is paid for the adventure in the air duct.
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But in reality, closed or blocked vents disrupt the airflow balance and can cause pressure to build up in the duct system, making the blower work harder.
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“Chimney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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