fire hose

noun

: a hose used to spray water on a fire

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For patients and providers, this fire hose of information could equate to life-saving breakthroughs—a new biomarker, a novel dosing schedule or a survival-prolonging treatment. Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 But the fire hose of money is unlikely to stop anytime soon. Dave Smith, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025 Washington — The Supreme Court spent much of its most recent term responding to a fire hose of requests for emergency relief sought by the Trump administration, as President Trump's efforts to implement key aspects of his second-term agenda were stymied by lower courts on several fronts. Melissa Quinn july 9, CBS News, 9 July 2025 Instead, that polarity motif is more thrillingly captured when Eve fends off a flamethrower with a fire hose. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire hose

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“Fire hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hose. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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