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furnace

[fur-nis] / ˈfɜr nɪs /


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It has a new pool, new roof, new windows and new furnace — but the six-bedroom house in Indianapolis has gotten exactly zero offers since it was put on the market two months ago.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

You might go out to work and let the house cool down; then return home and fire up the furnace.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The general tone of the film is anticlimactic, but Thomas and Duke are on trajectories that spell out “tragedy” in furnace smoke across a northern English sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The government's steel measures were announced by Business Secretary Peter Kyle in Port Talbot, in Wales, where steel maker Tata is building an electric arc furnace which will make steel by melting scrap metal.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But a breath smote my face at the last door like a blast from a furnace, and there I fell down dumb.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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