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as in canyon
a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage
hiked through the flume and into the meadow beyond it
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as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
built a flume next to the road for runoff
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Recent Examples of flume
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is a log flume ride based on Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog.
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
With a narrower flume, the action takes place closer to you.
—Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
All About Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney’s Upcoming Princess and The Frog Ride
The basic components of the flume ride remain, including its famous 50-foot drop.
—Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
There were long lines Sunday for the Giant Wheel, the log flume and other popular rides as people used the last of ride tickets many had bought earlier in the year, thinking Wonderland would go on forever.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
With a narrower flume, the action takes place closer to you.
—Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
All About Tiana's Bayou Adventure, Disney’s Upcoming Princess and The Frog Ride
The basic components of the flume ride remain, including its famous 50-foot drop.
—Staff Author, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
There were long lines Sunday for the Giant Wheel, the log flume and other popular rides as people used the last of ride tickets many had bought earlier in the year, thinking Wonderland would go on forever.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flume
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Tucked into a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Colorado, is best known for its epic skiing and annual film festival.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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In the 1970s, diverse forces on the right came together to fight against ceding control of the canal to Panama, seeing the move as weak and antithetical to American interests.—
Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage, including a red 1955 Ford Thunderbird.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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The ash from the fires can also enter surface water supplies like reservoirs and aqueducts.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
15 Jan. 2025
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Most water used in Los Angeles does not come from Northern California but rather from local aqueducts and groundwater.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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The phenomenon results from rapid tidal currents squeezing between two gorges, making the water rush as quickly and dramatically as, well, a waterfall, only horizontally.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia New River Gorge National Park packs an adventurous punch in its svelte 73,000 acres, protecting 53 miles of the class IV New River and the steep, rocky gorge around it.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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