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As with everything on the web, looking up a word opens a fire hose of controversy and misinformation.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
While the firefighters were working, a woman who lived in the neighborhood approached the scene and allegedly stabbed a fire hose multiple times, causing water to spray from the hose.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
King’s one-night stay at The Stanley was punctuated by a vivid nightmare of his screaming son being chased down the hall by a fire hose.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Those areas alongside Roseville’s 78 miles of creeks, for instance, tend to be open space, which can help manage the fierce bouts of rain that happen when an atmospheric river drops a fire hose of water on this city.
—Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2025
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
While the firefighters were working, a woman who lived in the neighborhood approached the scene and allegedly stabbed a fire hose multiple times, causing water to spray from the hose.
—Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
King’s one-night stay at The Stanley was punctuated by a vivid nightmare of his screaming son being chased down the hall by a fire hose.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Those areas alongside Roseville’s 78 miles of creeks, for instance, tend to be open space, which can help manage the fierce bouts of rain that happen when an atmospheric river drops a fire hose of water on this city.
—Stephanie Hanes, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Fire hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hose. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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