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our drainpipe is always getting clogged with leaves
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Calls for help along a north Georgia highway led to the discovery of a man stuck in a 24-inch drainpipe under the road, according to rescuers.
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Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Likewise, Miuccia Prada became the doyenne of the drainpipe, when ankle-squeezing denim appeared on the recent autumn/winter 2024 runway, teamed with a pair of chunky brogues which Carl Barat would approve of.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Amy Winehouse, Alexa Chung and Victoria Beckham all technically gave us the skinny on how to navigate denim’s slimline silhouette, but no one pulled off drainpipes quite like Kate, who made them–against all odds–look completely effortless.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Before the bypass work began, large amounts of wet hillside sediment were getting into the decaying drainpipe during stormy weather, clogging the system and causing downstream flooding issues, city employees said.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
And when family and friends were helping paint my home, the drainpipe broke off my utility sink.
—Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2023
The unemployed decorator had a few drinks and scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace, climbing up a drainpipe to enter the queen's London residence.
—CBS News, 26 May 2023
In 2007, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was traced to an animal health lab at Pirbright in the United Kingdom, where an investigation pointed to a leaking drainpipe.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 23 May 2023
In the basement of his childhood home, his dad installed a full-size basketball rim positioned on a pole down in the drainpipe.
—The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Likewise, Miuccia Prada became the doyenne of the drainpipe, when ankle-squeezing denim appeared on the recent autumn/winter 2024 runway, teamed with a pair of chunky brogues which Carl Barat would approve of.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2024
Amy Winehouse, Alexa Chung and Victoria Beckham all technically gave us the skinny on how to navigate denim’s slimline silhouette, but no one pulled off drainpipes quite like Kate, who made them–against all odds–look completely effortless.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
Before the bypass work began, large amounts of wet hillside sediment were getting into the decaying drainpipe during stormy weather, clogging the system and causing downstream flooding issues, city employees said.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
And when family and friends were helping paint my home, the drainpipe broke off my utility sink.
—Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2023
The unemployed decorator had a few drinks and scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace, climbing up a drainpipe to enter the queen's London residence.
—CBS News, 26 May 2023
In 2007, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was traced to an animal health lab at Pirbright in the United Kingdom, where an investigation pointed to a leaking drainpipe.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 23 May 2023
In the basement of his childhood home, his dad installed a full-size basketball rim positioned on a pole down in the drainpipe.
—The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drainpipe. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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drainpipe
noun
drain·pipe
ˈdrān-ˌpīp 
: a pipe for drainage
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