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fire hydrant

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as in hydrant

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Recent Examples of fire hydrant In southwest suburban Bridgeview, Southfield Drive off Harlem Avenue was so inundated that the only sign that a street was under the water was a fire hydrant peeking out. — Albert Ramon, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 The first thirty days of any job can feel like drinking water from a fire hydrant. — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The impact sent the second vehicle into a fire hydrant, causing a geyser to erupt, and into the side of a car dealership. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Police arrested Joseph Centimano, 24, for opening the water to a fire hydrant. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant

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Noun

The facility is using a frost-free hydrant for water supply which is not approved for potable water supply.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Miguel Degollado and his daughter, Sofia, cool off in the spray of an open hydrant on South Kolin Avenue in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood as the temperature reaches the high 80s, July 14, 2026.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of hydrant

Noun

In Newport Beach, the city operates 86 tidal valves that sit at the end of storm drain pipes along Balboa Island and the Balboa Peninsula.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Doussard says Zeltman and other experts who had warned the water might remain discolored due to old iron pipes were wrong.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

Hundreds of acres of land owned by the Port were rezoned for industrial use, hooked up to new water and waste pipes, and powered by substations installed near the Port after Neal lobbied the local utilities.

— Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of waste pipe

Noun

The central hull contains two large compartments believed to house missile tubes.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
The collection centers on Sorino | WS, the brand’s merino wool and silk blend, used in its HLS base-layer system as well as face masks, neck tubes and balaclavas.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of tube

Noun

Back in New York the doctors confirmed the cancer had spread through all the milk ducts in my left breast and a double mastectomy was my only option.

— Samantha Ciaccia, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2026
The company has not provided temperature measurements, power consumption figures or details about the cooling ducts.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of duct

Noun

City leaders see the measure as a way to make housing more accessible to young families and boost declining enrollment in the Davis Joint Unified School District, which is weighing school closures.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Luna pitched himself to county voters as a calmly effective operator who has brought down crime while building relationships with local, state and federal leaders that suffered under his predecessor’s tenure.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of leader

Noun

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
At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.

— Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025

Definition of fireplug

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