smokestack

Example Sentences

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Mercado’s interpretation of the Santa Fe tower is subtle, with the smokestack laid out behind the long-stretching freight trains carrying J.B.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

“They’re going to look like an Amazon distribution warehouse; there’s no smokestack and massive tailings pond next to it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

And we're going to put a smokestack filter on top of your smokestack so you don't pollute there and give everybody cancer.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

The rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

The bulb of the smokestack was next, a soot-covered stalk.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead