flange
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A pair of pillows complement them, their flange tying into the little pops of pink that are found throughout the space.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
While the flooring contractor’s intentions may have been good, he broke the all-important toilet gasket seal and buried the toilet flange with the new laminate flooring.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Now, each time the toilet was flushed, water splashed around under the toilet, and some leaked out around the toilet flange.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023
Prevent biofilm buildup by remembering to clean the flange whenever you clean the sink.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
He had constructed a flange that ran an inch past the length of the fin on both ends and bent it to match the curve of the casement.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Still, Kenmore created a new replacement part, doubling the thickness and adding flanges to make installation more flexible.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
If there are, investigators will want to examine them for any evidence of the carbon layers beginning to separate - a process known as delamination - especially at the point where they joined the flanges.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
Instead of the bell-shaped flanges of a traditional breast pump, a wearable pump has cups that can be tucked into the user’s bra.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
To the west, between two of the flanges of the tree that spread out to be roots, was a cavity.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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"This trend uses modern-made pieces but has traditional design elements and materials. Think skirted, flanged, wingbacked, or rolled seating. For materials, this means more linen, mohair, natural stone and wood," DelMonico adds.
From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022
The latest is the Series 18, a heel-shafted, flanged blade with a cavity sole and high density tungsten in the extreme heel and toe.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 21, 2020
People talked knowledgeably about foam versus flanged, domes versus cylinders, bone conduction, how to avoid ear infections, and the importance of bringing noise-absorbing furniture and carpets into your home.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
It makes contact with a power rail, the flanged wheels roll onto rails of a track, and your car accelerates at a controlled rate of 0.3g.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016
Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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To the first belong flanging and welding, to the latter generally all the other operations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
Fire-door opening formed by flanging and riveting together the inner and outer sheets.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird
The hot color flooded his face, his freckles were drowned in a red sea, his flanging ears were crimson.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
The flanging arms of the V, forced in a place too narrow, had caught between heavy stubs.
From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White
This flanging of the upper end or tail ensures the arrow spinning rapidly as it falls through the air, and at the same times preserves its vertical position during its descent.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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