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Recent Examples of drainpipe
Authorities eventually find tickets with House's name and fingerprints in an outdoor drainpipe, indicating that House will likely be charged with vandalism and return to jail.
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 16 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drainpipe
gutter
Noun
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Ramon Ramirez Bloodsports This New York City band sings grandiose gutter rock that reminds you the human experience is suffering at every turn.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026
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Shingles may crack or loosen, ice can harm flashing, and gutters can sag under frozen debris.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drainpipe. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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