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waste pipes

noun

plural of waste pipe

as in tiles

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The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.

— Patchen Barss, Wired News, 5 Oct. 2025
With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Definition of tiles

Noun

Descaling and Unclogging Uses Use cleaning vinegar to unclog stubborn drains by adding 1 cup of baking soda to your drain followed by 1 cup of cleaning vinegar, says Dills.

— Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 25 Jan. 2026
Below, San Angelo gives us several methods for cleaning bathroom sink drains, her best tips on how to avoid a clogged bathroom sink, and what to avoid when cleaning your bathroom sink drain.

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025

Definition of drains

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Despite the installation of a smoke filtration system, preliminary testing found that emissions from its boiler smokestacks exceeded Cambodia’s legal limits.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.

— Maddie Stone, ProPublica, 25 June 2026

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Kearns family pushes for change In the wake of the teen's death, the Kearns family pushed for Mason's Law, mandating the marking, guarding and grading of drainpipes in the state.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 31 July 2026
His favorite example is capturing condensation from air conditioners, typically by placing a bucket under outdoor drainpipes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of drainpipes

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The device can deliver speedy phone charging and doubles as a mains power extension with a portable form factor that won’t eat up too much of your baggage allowance.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The sewer bond funds will be used to rehabilitate sewer mains, build additional green infrastructure and make upgrades to pump stations.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of mains

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The National Weather Service had warned of waterspouts, tornado-like hazards that happen over water, in the area but wasn't able to immediately confirm a tornado on the beach.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Videos posted to Instagram show the tornadic waterspouts, a rare weather phenomenon considered a tornado but occurring over water, which extended from the Queens shoreline as thunder boomed overhead.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of waterspouts

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