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Thursday’s fracture was on a steel pipe that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution lines across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

The break, which happened early Thursday, was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

He underwent his first heart transplant in October 2011, but just five months later, narrowing was discovered in his arteries.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

My favorite Father’s Day gifts are a terrible breakfast concocted by my daughters and an afternoon at the smoker where no one mentions what the ribs are doing to my arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

He would have to go over these again to put blue mass in the arteries.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck



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