Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrants
Noun
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Those hydrants were at Lehigh Avenue at Churchill Street, Lehigh Avenue at Dempster Street, the north side of Dempster Street halfway between Lehigh Avenue and Birch Avenue, and Dempster Street at Birch Avenue, the Facebook post states.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025 -
If the park is not available, Cal Fire could still pick up water at the park’s hydrants to fill their trucks and dump their gray water left over from showers and kitchen sinks at the park for a fee, Wolski said.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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The plans and the construction underway have come as welcome news to community leaders who have long been trying to preserve the history of Pan Am.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Government leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, have set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2027, and 100 percent by 2035.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
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But now European and American scientists are exploring whether the first human Martians could find refuge via dormant volcanos scattered across the Red Planet, inside lava tubes that criss-cross the Mars underground.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There’s the laughing loft and the wacky tubes.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bacteria that live on the insides of pipes in a water system convert that ammonia to nitrite in a process called nitrification.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Later that year, while hospitalized for an alleged appendicitis, Sobhraj took advantage of a blackout caused by the Indo-Pakistani war to escape, slipping out through the drainage pipes.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Word of the raid spread across the property, triggering a scramble among workers who attempted to flee, with some running to a sewage pond and others hiding in air ducts.—
Caroll Alvarado,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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Common issues include challenges with the baby latching onto your nipple, sore nipples, low milk supply, thrush, plugged milk ducts, inflammation of the breast (mastitis), and inverted nipples.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Unlike rigid processes, pathways are living conduits.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Machines are shut down and shovels return, covering conduits with clods of soil.—
Steven Searcy,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Aug. 2025
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There have been various similar streamer-broadcaster partnerships struck in 2025, with Netflix’s agreement to carry the live channels and on-demand content from France’s TF1 starting 2026 arguably the most eye-catching.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Join Zax Rewardz and keep an eye out on Zaxby’s social channels for exclusive offers this week.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Fire hydrants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrants. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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