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flue

[floo] / flu /


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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

The advantage became even clearer when researchers used a simulated flue gas containing 15% CO2, 8% oxygen gas, and 77% nitrogen gas.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 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

The home’s boiler was serviced in July this year, a flue was replaced, and it passed checks, the BBC understands.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

In the meantime Arne Stolbaad’s chimney fire expired; when the firemen showed up at last he expressed to them his delight at having burned clean the flue creosote.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson




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