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plumbing

[pluhm-ing] / ˈplʌm ɪŋ /




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Tokenized stock trading, once a niche option popular overseas, has been picking up steam in the U.S. as more traditional financial institutions adopt blockchain technology, the system that undergirds cryptocurrencies, in their internal plumbing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Engine winches chug day and night, plunging plumbing tubes dozens of metres down boreholes before dragging them up filled with crude oil slurry.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

Before they moved to Nashville, though, the brothers grew up helping out with their dad’s plumbing business in the late 1990s in the small fishing town of Deale, Md.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Since then I’ve put in about $90,000 more: a new roof, kitchen appliances, plumbing work and new windows.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It still needs a roof and wiring, plumbing and floorboards, plus a lovely shade of paint.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio


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