pipe
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“There’s very little information under the ground. You’re just going, ‘Pipe, pipe, manhole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
Baron Hoover replied, waving his pipe in the other direction.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The system uses a cooling tank and pump, usually situated in the car's nose, that delivers a cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Races begin with a bone-shaking roar, as the world's fastest-accelerating cars leave the starting line, flames bursting out of their exhaust pipes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Since 2021, San Jose Water has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure including pipes, pumps and plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
Dad emerges from the garage, greasy wrench in hand, clearly still trying to squeeze water from the pipes.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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When the sisters asked the dozens of us crowded into a small room what we wanted for our final song, I piped up: “How about ‘Country Roads’?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
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
Then came a voice, piped in like a loudspeaker from heaven.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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"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
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 United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have also managed to route millions of barrels a day around the blockade by piping them across the desert to the Gulf of Oman or the Red Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
A second later, music is piping through my earphones, the familiar beat of his track.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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