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Recent Examples of standpipePanoche employees modified the leaking standpipe so it could be opened and closed, according to the plea agreement documents, allowing for water to be drawn from the Delta-Mendota Canal on demand and undetected.—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2024 But firefighters discovered that there was no standpipe on the interior of the building — a violation of the state fire code.—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024 Firefighters inside the building realize that no standpipe exists.—Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2024 The standpipe had been cemented closed and was no longer functional.—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 30 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for standpipe
Meanwhile, a thread on Reddit includes multiple reports of bugs in the third iOS 26 beta, including issues with signal, battery drain, Apple Pay and Wi-Fi.
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Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
And the open drains at the edge of the pavement, their entropic scent and the terror of falling into the stream of iridescent green slurry that ran through them.
At Farm Central, the Seabrook headquarters, a brick smokestack, built by Kelly Brickworks in Philadelphia, with the name SEABROOK painted vertically, rose 225 feet in the air.
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John Seabrook
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
None deny minority neighborhoods on the South and West sides suffer more from the dirty air, water and soil that historically came from steel mills, smokestacks and truck traffic.
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.
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Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
Unofficial trend barometer Bella Hadid has also been spotted in tight drainpipe denim (styled with chunky boots) during a recent trip to Rome, while Lila Moss carries on the family name by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.by pioneering the skinny style just like her mother.
This suburban Milwaukee community is increasing its water rate by 22%
South Milwaukee’s water rates are increasing by about 22% to recover costs of multiple construction projects, including lead pipe replacements.
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Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
Back in 2001, some anthropologists got permission from a museum to borrow twenty-four clay pipe fragments that had been dug up in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare used to live.
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