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Recent Examples of tileThe rooms' interiors are inspired by the hotel's lakefront surroundings and feature pebble tile and quartz countertops and floor-to-ceiling windows.—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2025 Large bags of sugar sat unsealed on the tile floor, where cockroaches scurried around day and night.—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 The textured mat is already on the table as Tony Lam sits down to shuffle the polished tiles.—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025 The kitchen is outfitted with wood cabinets, a butcher block center island and terra-cotta tile floors.—Vivian Marino, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tile
Sean O’Byrne, executive director of the Downtown Council, told the committee that there is a series of blighted buildings downtown that are causing an economic drain and offsetting development.
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Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
No asbestos to abate, no cast-iron drains to replace, no surprise setbacks from the Department of Building and Safety.
Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.
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Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.
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Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Firefighters reported hydrants running dry in some areas.
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Mike Baker,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Just recently, three New Yorkers died in two separate fires during Code Blue weather, when selfish drivers parked in front of hydrants, delaying the firefighters’ movement of the hose.
Butter Paneer Paneer cubes are cooked in three types of fat here: ghee, butter and cashew butter for a luxurious vegetarian main.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
6 May 2025
Use them as a side (say, in salads, dips, chicken rolls, and steamed dumplings) or incorporate them into your main (for instance, in bakes, casseroles, bean burgers, or quesadillas).
The decision comes after the property’s water infrastructure was found to be severely deteriorated, causing frequent pipe ruptures and unreliable water service.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
An Ohio woman was arrested this week after police found her pet raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth during a traffic stop.
Wildfire smoke is starting to erode the world’s progress in cleaning up pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks, as climate change supercharges fires, scientists have said.
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Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
Some are emitted directly from a source, such as construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires.
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