fountains 1 of 2

plural of fountain

fountains

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of fountain

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fountains
Noun
On land, a volcanic eruption is dramatic—columns of ash, fountains of lava, a complete remaking of the terrain. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2026 And the animals have to stay away from fountains and off the escalators. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Also, immerse yourself in daily Detroit life at Grand Circus Park just across the street, where fountains, gardens, and a dog park in the shadow of the Tigers’ stadium draw locals. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026 As urban areas grew in Colorado, more ponds and lakes provided unfrozen water, some aided by fountains. Mark Vrtiska, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 Across a fenced, xeriscaped courtyard with fountains is the two-bedroom main home, which has an open living area and a kitchen with a granite peninsula and sliders to the back. The Week Us, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 Its famous holiday lights won’t be on display during the first half of the season, but the fountains and public art still give the district plenty of visual appeal. Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 And teach kids not to drink from the pool or treat splash-pad spouts like drinking fountains. Angela Haupt, Time, 20 July 2026 People become infected by breathing in tiny droplets of contaminated water, commonly from sources such as cooling towers, hot tubs or decorative fountains. Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fountains
Noun
  • Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, was shot Sunday night at their home in Virginia, sources confirmed to The Star.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
  • At scale, human annotation teams produce varying quality across data sources.
    Lucas Zhao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Egypt, one of the word’s cradles of civilization, is also a vibrant, modern country.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • This 10-pack of plastic melon cradles was a lifesaver last year once my pumpkins started maturing late July.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Trump has made clear his disdain for NATO, his affection for Putin, gushes over autocrats, and withholds military support for Ukraine.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2026
  • Your journey ends at Millard Canyon Falls, a gorgeous 50(ish)-foot waterfall that gushes past massive boulders perched at the top of the cascade.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Water testing shows the chemicals can drain off-base and contaminate private wells and sources of municipal drinking water.
    Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • Operators of conventional wells are required to report the volumes of oil, gas and brine produced from each well every year.
    Nathaniel Warner, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Blood spurts against the window.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Coupe and Spider come with air suspension, while the Racing variant rides on coil springs.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
  • Baden-Baden has been a spa town since ancient times, luring Roman-era nobles to take the waters there at its natural springs in the Black Forest.
    Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

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