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Recent Examples of fireplugThe 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 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 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 Gudea looks a bit like a fireplug.—Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021 Not bad for a 5-9, 165-pound fireplug from southeastern Massachusetts.—BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021 The son of an immigrant junk dealer, Mr. Asner had a fireplug build, jowly countenance and workingman’s semblance that are not traditionally considered the raw materials of stardom.—Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2021 Butler was a fireplug of man, with glasses and a thick neck, wearing a sharply creased dress white uniform that seemed to almost gleam under the courtroom’s fluorescent lights.—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2019 But even after the city began distributing sprinkler caps in the 1950s to reduce the amount of wasted water, fireplugs continued to be opened illegally, becoming a source of tension and sometimes violence.—Jeff Giles, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2019
Firefighters reported hydrants running dry in some areas.
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Mike Baker,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Just recently, three New Yorkers died in two separate fires during Code Blue weather, when selfish drivers parked in front of hydrants, delaying the firefighters’ movement of the hose.
Would fewer fire hydrants in the Palisades have run dry if there had been better maintenance, including having a key reservoir operating instead of closed for repairs?
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Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
Wettstein noted first responders were forced to run some 800 feet of hose to another, functioning fire hydrant before efforts to put out the fire could even begin.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
The decision comes after the property’s water infrastructure was found to be severely deteriorated, causing frequent pipe ruptures and unreliable water service.
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Dominick Williams,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2025
The men told him some story involving necessary pipe inspections.
The smoke travels up almost 100 feet of steel and copper tubes to the chimney and the world beyond.
21h ago / 1:45 AM PDT
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Panini, water and a telescopic folding stool: how to survive the conclave
Alexander Smith
Reporting from Vatican City
For the avid smokewatcher, preparation is key.
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Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Among the artifacts recovered were 23 items associated with using psychoactive plants: short snuff tubes, flat tablets, and small spoons, all made of animal bone except for one made of a marine mollusk shell.
Music is both the subject and mechanism of Sinners, which opens with a voiceover history of how some musicians, dating back to the West African griots, have been seen as conduits between this world and the one beyond.
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Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
Her group worked as a conduit between upset residents and the Corps, and as a result, Corps teams partnered with local arborists, reviewed marked trees, and corrected those wrongly identified.
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Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Apr. 2025
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