drainpipe

Example Sentences

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One famous example was Inky, the octopus that escaped from New Zealand's National Aquarium in 2016 by squeezing through a drainpipe and making its way back to the ocean.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

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.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2023

Water falls from a drainpipe at a D.R.

From Salon • May 7, 2023

A swan had to be rescued by firefighters after it became trapped in a narrow drainpipe on top of a Cambridge University building.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2022

One step was complete; now she had to cross the cornice over to a drainpipe.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti