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flue

[floo] / flu /


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One system, a 100 liter bioreactor nicknamed "Shrek," is currently used to process industrial flue gas as part of efforts to reduce air pollution.

From Science Daily May 12, 2026

A generation or so ago, an open stair like this would have been restricted to two stories to ensure it didn’t act as a flue during a fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

However, sounds from things like flue organ pipes or flutes, which are propagated through air, would be pitched higher than Earth.

From Salon Jun. 3, 2025

Both stoves are connected to a small flue - a pipe within a chimney that allows smoke to escape - that leads up through the chapel roof to the outside.

From BBC May 4, 2025

Digging into the flue, he encountered webs and soot, and then the soft bag.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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