pipe
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That permit allows about 2,000 feet of pipe from the border to a nearby shut-off valve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The firm which tested the sample told the BBC it contained Chrysotile fibre, a white loose asbestos usually found in pipe insulation or corrugated roofs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Getting this bill through the House is not a pipe dream.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Crews from the Department of Los Angeles Water and Power responded to a broken pipe around 6 a.m. near the intersection of San Vicente Boulevard and Lindenhurst Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The only other thing they found was a small door cut into the metal pipe and reattached with hinges.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
The plumber told her the issue wasn’t the pipes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The water that flows through the pipes to us is made safe in part by physics—a pressure loss can lead to backflow of groundwater, sewage, and soil contaminants.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Among the tanks, pipes, and clotheslines, each family has carved out its own space.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thousands of homes in east London and Essex are still experiencing a complete water outage or low water pressure, almost a week after a series of pipes burst in South Woodford.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ma and Mrs. Huleatt visited and looked at a Godey’s Lady’s Book which Mrs. Huleatt had brought, and Pa and Mr. Huleatt looked at the horses and the crops and smoked their pipes.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
They look bakery-case fancy, especially once the ricotta is piped, but the actual labor involved is satisfyingly minimal.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
One member piped up, "you might want to rethink that line over here".
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
But it has historically been piped via neighbouring Sudan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Yamamoto piped a fastball down the middle to Peters, who sent it over the wall in right field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
Then came a voice, piped in like a loudspeaker from heaven.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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
Nice's away shirt is another contender for kit of the season with its simple, but effective colour palette, classic fold-over collar and piping down the sleeves.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The U.A.E. has managed to steer much of its oil around the blockage in Hormuz by piping it across the desert to its eastern coast on the Gulf of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Just before serving, top each one with a generous swirl of citrus-whipped ricotta from a piping bag.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Glittering stalactites hung from a maze of piping.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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