smokestack

Example Sentences

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“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

This year, city officials said, hotel room renovations, elevator upgrades, repair of the ship’s third smokestack and an expansion of the Sun Deck, which is used for special events such as weddings, are planned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The copper smelt operated for nearly 100 years, its smokestack spewing high levels of arsenic, lead and other contaminants, which settled into the soil of surrounding neighborhoods.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2023

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

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