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pipes

  • present tense form of pipe (3rd person singular).

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Brundage and the Big Pipes researchers spent weeks scouring the internet for more clues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Pipes in lofts are also prone to problems so could benefit from having their own insulation "duvet" to stop thaw-related challenges.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

He was galvanized by a proposal to bulldoze the sycamores blanketing Pipes Canyon, west of Yucca Valley, for an international airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Pipes in Martin County, Kentucky lose about 64 percent of what flows through them, a problem that started 24 years ago when a toxic coal slurry spill damaged them.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

“Hmm. Perhaps it was a mouse, after all, or the echo of harbor traffic. Pipes do have strange acoustic effects.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart