pipe
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The oil-futures market thinks oil will fall from $98 a barrel today to $80 by September and $75 by Christmas — but that may be a pipe dream.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
Typically, I would arrive from Manhattan on a Friday night, exhausted, to find a problem, like a pipe leaking in the basement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Even if this proves to be the exception, a near-term reversion to prewar oil prices sounds like a pipe dream.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
The burst pipe was fixed on Thursday afternoon but people on higher land, particularly in Brenchley and Pembury, have yet to see supplies return due to air in the system, said the water company.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The pipe drops from my hand and clatters on the floor.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing pipe
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