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pipes

  • present tense form
    of pipe (3rd person singular).
    pipe
    noun
    a hollow cylinder of metal, wood, or other material, used for the conveyance of water, gas, steam, petroleum, etc.

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"I wouldn't recommend not having your heating on at all," says Seymour, pointing to both the health issues this can cause as well as how pipes can freeze over.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Among the relics of its decline is a hulking complex of rusted pipes, towers and conveyor belts in Delano, just five miles north of the McFarland chipping yard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Some of the old buildings have 80-year-old pipes and radiators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Sending a robot through pipes isn’t as straightforward as it might seem: Pipes move when the soil around them shifts, and there are blockages made of sediment that the robot must be able to navigate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But while he was doing this, the wretched boy was being sucked closer and closer toward the mouth of one of the great pipes that was dangling down into the river.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl