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Recent Examples of fire hydrant
The 25-year-old driver of the SUV also struck a fire hydrant, crashed into a fence of a car dealership before the SUV rolled over, police said.
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Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Getting enough water for the laundry truck has required some ingenuity, and at this location, with city permission, the truck taps into a fire hydrant.
—Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Water was appearing seemingly out of nowhere, and her first instinct was that a fire hydrant had burst nearby.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The landing damaged a fire hydrant, and roads in the area were temporarily closed.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Getting enough water for the laundry truck has required some ingenuity, and at this location, with city permission, the truck taps into a fire hydrant.
—Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
Water was appearing seemingly out of nowhere, and her first instinct was that a fire hydrant had burst nearby.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
The landing damaged a fire hydrant, and roads in the area were temporarily closed.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
Noun
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Fires in areas without hydrants require a substantial amount of personnel, apparatus, and coordination.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Firefighters lost water pressure from hydrants high in the hills, frustrating their efforts to combat the blaze.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The pipes are not adequately installed.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Dec. 2025
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Oakland University, in Rochester, Michigan, says fall commencement services will take place as planned, despite recent campus building closings related to problems with its high-temperature hot water pipe system.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 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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If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage a procedure that uses a tube to wash out the contents of the stomach.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Maksutov-Cassegrain is a catadioptric design that uses two mirrors to allow a long focal length to fit into a compact optical tube.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Crewmembers wrestle a thick, snaky, duct-like hose — attached to a chiller machine — stage-ward.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
4 Dec. 2025
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She would later be found dead in an alley with her hands duct-taped, per KARE 11.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
30 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The consumer backlash, which prompted Lululemon to issue an apology and scrub its campaign, is the latest example of how quickly Western brands can come unstuck in a country where nationalism has surged under strongman leader Xi Jinping.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) joined city and county leaders on Tuesday to celebrate the expansion of its LandCare program into Chester with a ribbon cutting ceremony.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Koosha is an unlikely conduit for an AI revolution.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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Whoopi Goldberg, whisperer to unknown paranormal entities and living conduit between our world and the ghostly realm, has once again confirmed to America that aliens are among us.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 June 2026
Noun
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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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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
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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