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smokestack

[smohk-stak] / ˈsmoʊkˌstæk /


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On Friday, rescue operations were terminated at a paper factory where a smokestack collapsed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

Whatever “industrials” means in the modern sense, “it isn’t smokestack industries,” said Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist Steves Sosnick.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 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

The photo emulates the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album photo, but replaces the London streets with the city’s Santa Fe smokestack and rail yard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

The machine was just a rusty box with wheels, but he painted it with seafaring designs and gave it a fake ship’s smokestack.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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