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our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves
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The rattlesnake named Gertrude, or Gertie, took shelter in the opening of a drainpipe earlier this summer and gave birth around late July or early August at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens, the Detroit Free Press previously reported.
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Babita watched the laborers’ children playing astride a tunnel drainpipe, made steady by a heap of sand, as their parents worked.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
Scientists determined that the crustaceans had become trapped in the sewers some 2,000 years ago when Rome was becoming urbanized and had lived there ever since—not just below Trajan’s Forum but in an entire system of canals, drainpipes and other watery infrastructure hidden below city streets.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
Unofficial trend barometer Bella Hadid has also been spotted in tight drainpipe denim (styled with chunky boots) during a recent trip to Rome, while Lila Moss carries on the family name by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Babita watched the laborers’ children playing astride a tunnel drainpipe, made steady by a heap of sand, as their parents worked.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
Scientists determined that the crustaceans had become trapped in the sewers some 2,000 years ago when Rome was becoming urbanized and had lived there ever since—not just below Trajan’s Forum but in an entire system of canals, drainpipes and other watery infrastructure hidden below city streets.
—Krista Langlois, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025
Unofficial trend barometer Bella Hadid has also been spotted in tight drainpipe denim (styled with chunky boots) during a recent trip to Rome, while Lila Moss carries on the family name by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drainpipe. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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drainpipe
noun
drain·pipe
ˈdrān-ˌpīp 
: a pipe for drainage
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