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Recent Examples of fire hydrant
The crash occurred at 4:56 a.m., when the Cybertruck struck a fire hydrant and tree.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Question: What's the color of my fire hydrant mean?
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
What's the color of my Cincinnati fire hydrant mean?
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2025
About 20 seconds later, the fleeing vehicle lost control at the intersection of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue and slammed into the fire hydrant, the footage showed.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Question: What's the color of my fire hydrant mean?
—David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
What's the color of my Cincinnati fire hydrant mean?
—Randy Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2025
About 20 seconds later, the fleeing vehicle lost control at the intersection of East 21st Street and 12th Avenue and slammed into the fire hydrant, the footage showed.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
Noun
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Officials urge residents in fire-prone areas to clear vegetation, maintain visible hydrants, and prepare evacuation plans.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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The municipality of Quito has ordered the deployment of 71 water tankers, five hydrants, five inflatable systems and three fixed water distribution points in southern Quito to address the emergency.—
Ana María Cañizares,
CNN Money,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Dams, straightening, dredging, channelizing, and an unseen network of pipes and drains and overflow tunnels have nearly eliminated the river’s likelihood of overflowing its banks and destroying businesses downtown.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Plus, all that hair can run down your drain, clogging pipes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Sleep stations — McClain, Ayers, and Onishi cleaned out the air ducts leading into their crew quarters in the Harmony module.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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If the calculation is wrong, everything downstream—equipment selection, duct sizing, airflow balancing—will also be off.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
Noun
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But respectful debate has given way to vitriol, amplified by leaders who use division as a political tool.—
Krutika Kuppalli,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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San Diego State is recognizing the 10th anniversary of its 2015 Mountain West football championship team this season, with former coach Rocky Long and NCAA career rushing leader DJ Pumphrey leading the way.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is before Doom sends Franklin to hell and uses his goddaughter Valeria as a magical conduit.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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The tool did a superb job of cutting the plastic electrical conduit.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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