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pipe

[pahyp] / paɪp /


VERB
conduct through tube, passage
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The plan is to pipe natural gas from Alaska’s far north, liquefy it and export it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Construction and farm equipment in Illinois, aluminum and pipe products in New York, and iron and steel products in Ohio are among the goods targeted by Canada’s counter-tariffs, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Steaming hot liquid can damage the cell lining of the food pipe on the way down to the stomach.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

The man took a puff of his pipe before turning toward Duane.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Water companies in England and Wales lose more than 3bn litres every day through leaking pipes - approximately a fifth of all the water put into supply, external.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

Around 70% of the inputs for its operations are sourced locally, including chemicals, wellheads and pipes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some 90% of the country's crude oil passes through the island, transported through pipes from the mainland.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

People were coming into the square from all sides, and down the street we heard the pipes and the fifes and the drums coming.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

“The market has tightened further as Norwegian piped flows to the continent have declined amid maintenance at gas facilities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

"We didn't have a drummer and I piped up...' well, I know a drummer'," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

But it has historically been piped via neighbouring Sudan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Finally a voice piped up from the back of the room: “His brother was worse.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

"I do have a Bake Off tattoo on my ribs - I've got a piping bag, a whisk and a rolling pin," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The hope is to be serving the community piping hot slices of pepperoni pizza by spring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Kris explains that she knows the studio hired her solely because she’s queer, as only a queer person could revamp an outdated, transphobic slasher franchise without Big Cancel Culture piping in.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 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

The ad pictured a cup of orange juice and a piping hot blueberry muffin.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers




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