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The former Middleborough High standout allowed RBI singles to Tyler O’Neill and Ryan Mountcastle, and later also a two-run double by Cedric Mullins that put the Red Sox in a 4-0 hole right out of the chute.
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Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
While most dams rely on spillways shaped like chutes or shafts to drain the overage, the dam at Lake Berryessa uses a funnel-like spillway due to lack of space, per local news outlet The Press Democrat.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
For the final 12-hour deadline, a group of race marshals gathers in the finishing chute.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
The report added that the Learjet was not equipped with reverse thrusters and its drag chute was not deployed.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
While most dams rely on spillways shaped like chutes or shafts to drain the overage, the dam at Lake Berryessa uses a funnel-like spillway due to lack of space, per local news outlet The Press Democrat.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
For the final 12-hour deadline, a group of race marshals gathers in the finishing chute.
—Alex Hutchinson, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
The report added that the Learjet was not equipped with reverse thrusters and its drag chute was not deployed.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
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Travelers can go white water rafting in Costa Rica, take a safari in Eswatini and hike up a volcano in Spain.—
MaryLou Costa, contributor,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The pilot is eying a June shoot in Atlanta, sources said.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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The idea is that, if a model is busy with a shoot in New York, their digital likeness can be used instead of a shoot that would have otherwise needed to take place in Los Angeles on the same day.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sitting on the top of a ridge, the residence looks down upon Chili Bar, one of California’s most popular whitewater stretches, and the old historic flume in the distance.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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