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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the plumber came and fixed the water pipe that was leaking
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as in to funnel
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
piped water into every house
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Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
The large brush roll resists tangling hair and pet fur, which eliminates the need to stop and pull items off the brush – and also eliminates a clogged pipe.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
For a more refined look, pipe the frosting onto the cake using a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
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How to prevent your pipes from freezing in Louisville winter weather
What is frostbite?
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
The large brush roll resists tangling hair and pet fur, which eliminates the need to stop and pull items off the brush – and also eliminates a clogged pipe.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
Santa Belly Doughnut: An unglazed doughnut filled with white cream, dripped in red icing, piped with a black chocolate Santa belt and topped with a belt buckle.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
For a more refined look, pipe the frosting onto the cake using a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
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Similarly, crypto currencies are the conduit for much criminal activity, and it is believed that confiscations have made the FBI the biggest holder of bitcoin.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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The nature of optics, or how the eye sees as light’s conduit, is the focus of an altarpiece fragment by Giotto from the San Diego Museum of Art.Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Conversely, a four-seam fastball and/or changeup could help Holmes avoid barrels against lefties.Will Sammon, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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The 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway would connect Utah oil fields to the national rail network, enabling up to 350,000 barrels of crude oil per day to travel on trains as long as two miles.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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This fiercely secular government which bombed its own city of Hama in 1982 to crush a Muslim Brotherhood uprising later funneled Sunni jihadi fighters to Iraq to battle the US occupation.Ivan Watson, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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This type of nozzle funnels the air over a wider area than the physical tool’s opening allows for, expanding the hair dryer’s reach and providing a gentler airflow than a direct blast.Alyssa Brascia, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Packers’ cornerback picked it up and, on his way back inbounds, chirped at Kolar to hold onto the ball well after the play, too.Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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Throughout the Claridge’s lobby, a candy trolley overflowing with festive treats and mechanical birds chirping softly from the tree add elements of surprise and interaction.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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In addition to its minimally invasive insertion, the researchers see other benefits to using a PEG tube.New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Dec. 2024
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Clary strolled on and did a scene that involved a stick of seaside rock, a long-ish tube of rock-hard candy.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
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Online life offers both a forum for our reactions and a way of channelling them.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
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Until now, the sanctions coalition refrained from using secondary sanctions to target intermediaries that channel these goods into Russia, allowing evasion networks to grow in Central Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East.Theodore Bunzel, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
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Photo : Nick Dimbleby, courtesy of Morgan Motor Company For the leather upholstery, the array of options includes contrasting piping and stitching, as well as pleating and quilting.Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024
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To make without a cookie press, simply transfer the dough to a piping bag fitted with a large star tip.Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Son Malcolm directs this nuanced adaptation of the August Wilson play, and other son John David stars alongside a phenomenal Danielle Deadwyler as siblings butting heads over what to do with an heirloom piano.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two decades ago, James Mangold directed the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Man in Black.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipe. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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