pipe
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With data centers, the infrastructure stays, the tax base expands, and electricians, pipe fitters, ironworkers and laborers can spend years on a single project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“You can really create mood and emotion on the pipe organ,” Wilson once told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"For these reasons, members of the public should never enter a pipe, drain, catch basin, manhole, or outfall," the city's Department of Environmental Protection previously told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Earlier geological surveys had interpreted the local breccia rocks as evidence of a funnel-shaped volcanic structure called a diatreme, which forms when explosive magma eruptions create a pipe filled with shattered rock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The man took a puff of his pipe before turning toward Duane.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who chairs the Public Works Committee, said in a call with The Times that improving and replacing aging pipes and other equipment at Hyperion is expensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
And that was before the surf zone became riddled with rocks, logs, rods, pipes and wires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Around 70% of its operational inputs, including pipes, chemicals and wellheads, are sourced locally, according to Rebecca Schulz, a senior oil analyst at the International Energy Agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some 90% of the country's crude oil passes through the island, transported through pipes from the mainland.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“It’ll only take that much to clear the stove, pipes, and chimney, all in one puff. Nothin’ to it.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Children watch reels on smartphones, while many families have minimum single-bulb solar-powered electricity, bank accounts and, in some homes, piped water.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The fuel is cleaner than coal and has energy security advantages over piped gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
They look bakery-case fancy, especially once the ricotta is piped, but the actual labor involved is satisfyingly minimal.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
When you think of America’s trade with its neighbors, you probably think of car parts and tomatoes driven across the southern border with Mexico and oil piped across the northern border with Canada.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Immediately his mother piped up: “Honey, I’ve got two pounds in the fridge. How much do you need?”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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The hope is to be serving the community piping hot slices of pepperoni pizza by spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rollercoaster structure in front of the East Stand was built from wooden slats, plastic piping, fabric and was designed to be rolled out in sections.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The vineyard has a system of piping spread across 1.85 hectares of the vines, which steadily drips water onto the ground around the plants' roots, and is turned on every few days.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Squint, and it looks like an Art Deco anatomical illustration of our intestinal piping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Panic shot through me like icing out of Liz’s piping bag.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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