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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
Equipped with a kiddie pool, two flume slides and speed slides, Wave Country has activities for people of any age, with proximity to a skating park and access to Two Rivers Golf Course.
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Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
Category 6 waterpark is home to six coiling slides, including the 282-foot Frightening Bolt, the tallest waterslide at sea, and the stomach-turning Pressure Drop, the first open free-fall flume at sea.
—Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
The study shows data from 24 subjects who completed a 15-minute incremental swim test in a flume (the swimming equivalent of a treadmill, where the speed of the water can be adjusted).
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is a log flume ride based on Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
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Antonia Lopez, The Tennessean, 28 July 2024
Category 6 waterpark is home to six coiling slides, including the 282-foot Frightening Bolt, the tallest waterslide at sea, and the stomach-turning Pressure Drop, the first open free-fall flume at sea.
—Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
The study shows data from 24 subjects who completed a 15-minute incremental swim test in a flume (the swimming equivalent of a treadmill, where the speed of the water can be adjusted).
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is a log flume ride based on Disney’s 2009 film The Princess and the Frog.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flume
Noun
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With its warm wood planking, plentiful resting areas, and plantings of long, waving grasses, the park, no matter how crowded, feels like a calm canyon snaking through crumbling tenements and monumental skyscrapers, offering occasional glimpses of the Hudson River beyond.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
13 Mar. 2025
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Smallmouths are also impacting rainbow and brown trout, two other non-natives that are managed closely in the canyon.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
13 Mar. 2025
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There is shade along the path; iguanas scurry into the canal as riders pass.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2025
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Here are five things to see and do — beyond the canal — to enhance your urban Panamanian itinerary.—
Carolyn Heller,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2025
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If no alternative exists, set up camp in a valley, ravine, or other low-lying areas.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Orange County Register,
13 Mar. 2025
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And federal officials charged with carrying out the president’s order knew that the state — not the federal government — controls the aqueducts and pump stations that deliver water to Southern California’s cities.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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California's water supply is managed through a complex system of reservoirs, canals and aqueducts, with strict federal and state regulations governing water allocation.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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Kloss’ landscape prints deftly, insightfully capture the mountains and streams and gorges and cottonwood trees and snow and atmosphere of the terrain in and around Taos.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park spans 31,000 acres of exceptionally rugged, remote terrain that surrounds part of a deep, steep-walled gorge carved into rock by the Gunnison River, McClatchy News reported.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Flume.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flume. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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