pipe
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In January of this year, nearly 170 barrels of crude spilled at one facility in Texas due to a split in a crude pipe.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The California company Cadiz has been trying for years to pipe water out of the Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
He who controls the pipe controls the message.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Vozinha played 80 times as Cape Verde chased the pipe dream of someday reaching the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
For this stage she was supposed to shimmy up the pipe to the next floor, but found herself frozen with fear.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Herman walked the last half-mile to the airport, where he saw water from iced-over pipes soaking the crime scene.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The move reverses Roberts’ purchase of NBCUniversal in 2011 — a bold bet that created a behemoth with popular programming and cable pipes to pump that content into consumer homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
"Buildings will still have pipes running through them, they'll still have wires running through them," she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
CSB reports cited a range of avoidable failures, from corroded pipes to the lack of safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
When you flushed, you could hear the water gurgling down the pipes from the overhead box.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
But it has historically been piped via neighbouring Sudan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
It started with being piped on to the plane at Glasgow Airport.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
His children, though, piped in: “Make sure you get a four-bedroom,” Laviolette remembered his three children saying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Instead, the prices reflect deals for oil from Oman—just outside Hormuz—and a dribble of crude from Abu Dhabi that gets piped to the port of Fujairah, also beyond the strait’s narrowest stretch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
“So I wanted to say something,” Grace suddenly piped up, and Maya turned to look at her.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
The system involved piping water from higher up in the mountains during the winter and spraying it into the air, where it would freeze, and over time form large towers of ice, called ice stupas.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
You can also fill individual piping bags with your favorite sauces and get really crafty.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
The port of Yanbu has emerged as a vital safety valve for Saudi crude, allowing Riyadh to bypass the paralyzed Strait of Hormuz by piping oil via its East-West pipeline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
That’s partly because heat pumps work by extracting heat from outdoor air, compressing it and piping it indoors, a thermal magic trick that’s harder to perform in places with subzero winters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Liz was at the big metal table in the middle of the room, using a piping bag to pipe shimmery dark-blue icing onto what looked like vanilla cupcakes.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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