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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.
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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
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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
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“Drainpipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drainpipe. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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