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Recent Examples of chimney
As ballots were burned, black smoke billowed out of the Vatican chimney around 9 pm local time on Wednesday indicating the cardinals had not reached the majority requirement.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Black smoke = no new pope In Rome’s night sky, black smoke seeped through the Sistine Chapel chimney.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 May 2025
As white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this month, Ham and his fellow Loyola students sprinted to St. Peter’s Square to watch as Pope Leo XIV first stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Another round of creation—this time from rock-dissolving microbial acids, carried upward by rising spring water—expanded the ancient caves from below and made new ones, with large chimneys climbing toward the surface.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Black smoke = no new pope In Rome’s night sky, black smoke seeped through the Sistine Chapel chimney.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 8 May 2025
As white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney earlier this month, Ham and his fellow Loyola students sprinted to St. Peter’s Square to watch as Pope Leo XIV first stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
Another round of creation—this time from rock-dissolving microbial acids, carried upward by rising spring water—expanded the ancient caves from below and made new ones, with large chimneys climbing toward the surface.
—Michael Ray Taylor, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney
Noun
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The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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If using a fireplace, make sure the chimney flue is open and stay awake while the fire is burning.—
Dr. Mishal Reja,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Smoke leaked out from Thomas’ face-plate instead of his smokestack, and radio control devices that operated the locomotives frequently malfunctioned.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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For decades, Southern California’s war on smog has focused on strategies to reduce pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The building is old and has lead pipes, so a service brings in large plastic bottles for a water cooler.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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The suspect was swinging the pipe and smashed a station call box, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The front end features a new bumper with an integrated splitter, designed at the customer’s request to increase downforce, accelerating airflow to the inner radiator ducts.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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In addition, those homes are connected to a duct system that is inadequate for the HVAC system.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Chimney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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