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Recent Examples of fire hydrant
The incident led to city officials discovering that the fire hydrant pressure had not been tested in over 10 years despite industry standards suggesting they be tested every five years, Pernerewski said at the time.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
Blocking a fire hydrant or parking in a loading zone, on the other hand, could still be a tow-worthy offense.
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Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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
Water was appearing seemingly out of nowhere, and her first instinct was that a fire hydrant had burst nearby.
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Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
Blocking a fire hydrant or parking in a loading zone, on the other hand, could still be a tow-worthy offense.
—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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.
—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
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
See All Example Sentences for fire hydrant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
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The coverage also included a report on how Altadena residents battled to save their own homes from flames; an overview of the Palisades fire’s massive scale; and an investigation into why hydrants ran dry as firefighters battled the deadly fires.
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There is a hydrant across from the building, but crews also had to run lines around a half mile out to Trooper Road to get even more water.
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The project includes replacing ageing electrical wiring, pipes and heating.
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Replacing the canals with pressurized pipes could save a lot of water.
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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.
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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.
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Drivers wear vests which pump cooling liquid through a network of tubes, linked to pumping equipment inside the car.
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The characters have little time to make life-or-death decisions, let alone ruminate, and the action vacillates between triage and doctors expertly improvising solutions — like Mel (Taylor Dearden) donating her own blood, and Javadi (Shabana Azeez) going MacGyver mode with a tracheal tube.
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But that was quickly dismissed after Turkish media reported that their hotel was dealing with a bedbug infestation, with the insecticide gas believed to have seeped into their room through a bathroom ventilation duct.
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Labor, possible duct modifications and the recurring cost of cartridges or oils are the rest.
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Downtown Sacramento businesses remain skeptical that the state’s July return-to-office mandate affecting roughly 95,000 employees will actually materialize, even as foot traffic sits at 85% of April 2019 levels and local leaders rethink the urban core’s heavy reliance on office space.
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The concerns have drawn the attention of city leaders.
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Since 2018, that agency has been a primary conduit for election security briefings and cyber assistance.
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Free expression of thought is the conduit by which all American citizens are able to discuss the quality of candidates running for offices at all levels of government, as well as societal events shaping our future.
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His fireplug vitality surrendered only to his untamed playing, boogie feel and volumes upon volumes of mesmerizing riffs.
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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.
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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