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

For decades, these newly immigrated workers would be segregated into the neighborhoods surrounding the smokestack, he added, leading to the growth of a large multigenerational Mexican community.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

They're worried about PFAs plumes in their ground, poisoning their water, or whether or not their air is poisoned by sulfur dioxide from a smokestack next to them.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

Beyond the highway, a smokestack at a nearby oil refinery billowed toxins.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

Scarcely breathing, I sat beside a smokestack and watched.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz