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Recent Examples of chimney stack
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
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Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
27 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
27 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
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The remnants of charred trees and a brick half-wall and chimney mark its location.
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This could be because of an aging roof with cracks or a chimney with deteriorating flashing.
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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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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
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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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Lying in a hospital bed, the breathing tube attached to her neck sometimes came loose, triggering an alarm.
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It’s designed to support up to two AMS 2 Pro units simultaneously, expanding the printer’s available material pool without constantly rerouting Bowden tubes by hand.
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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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Since 2018, that agency has been a primary conduit for election security briefings and cyber assistance.
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Free expression of thought is the conduit by which all American citizens are able to discuss the quality of candidates running for offices at all levels of government, as well as societal events shaping our future.
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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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