chute
Example Sentences
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“He read an article that said coal was down the chute,” Borthwick recalls.
“The other day I went to the trash chute,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times
While the area is attractive to hikers, the slot canyon’s slender passages can be perilous during heavy rainfall, forming a chute through which powerful floods can surge.
From New York Times
Do they think that once disappears into the chute, it’s gone forever?
From Seattle Times
Department of Transportation numbers or missing the chute cover that prevents concrete and debris from falling out of the truck.
From Seattle Times
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