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geyser

noun

Definition of geyser

as in fountain

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as in spit

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Recent Examples of geyser The attack happened on Mystic Falls Trail near the ever-popular Old Faithful geyser in Wyoming, the park service said. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 6 May 2026 The seamless experience of core Google Search plus Gemini — paired with the Apple Siri partnership, the profit geyser of YouTube, and fast-growing Google Cloud — adds up to a stock worth owning. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026 On the plains was a female bison standing vigil through the night, a statue of white from the hydrothermal spray of a nearby geyser falling as frost back toward the earth. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026 But a few hundred feet away is Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser in the world. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for geyser

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Noun

Studies show that cooling towers and other warm, wet environments like hot tubs, spas, fountains and some plumbing systems are particularly vulnerable to Legionella bacteria.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Imagine one over Italy’s Mount Etna during a strombolian eruption or in Hawaii with Kilauea’s fountains in the foreground.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

Definition of fountain

Noun

Yet that did not stop Rome Seymour and Lyric Medeiros form breaking the reality TV land speed record for showmances when the two swapped spit and shared a sleepover just days into the current 28th season of Big Brother.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
In reality, this trick won’t work and opens the victim up to a larger risk of infection by creating a bigger wound with bacteria-laden human spit inside.

— Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026

Definition of spit

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After three years in North Carolina state prisons — first Anson, then Western Correctional — that ended this spring, Griffin had nowhere to go.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Tincon last spring said the concerns were unfounded and described itself as a responsible corporate neighbor, but ended up withdrawing its application before a vote.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of spring

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The viral beauty launch from Cardi B nourishes hair on wash day, whereas Shakira’s latest spray is the multitasker your vanity was missing.

— Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026
Another option is to search out water soluble fertilizers that contain calcium and can also be used as a foliar spray and apply them to the plant’s leaves.

— Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

Definition of spray

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For much of her defining run, Lizzo was emblematic of an idyllic extramusical experiment, her songs a wellspring for yas queen enthusiasm.

— Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 16 June 2026
The collection’s wellspring is the late-19th century and early-20th ceramics of Nampeyo of Hano (Tewa) and Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso).

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Definition of wellspring

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Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026
The board pointed to the 46th annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, June 27, along Newport Avenue as a possible fountainhead of public input, given the usual thousands of people who attend.

— Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

Definition of fountainhead

Noun

But for each Russian innovation — first-person-view vehicles, jet power, fiber-optic tethers — Ukraine has developed countermeasures.

— David L. Stern, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Across the first two weeks of the tournament alone, Infantino reportedly logged more than 20,000 miles of air travel, zigzagging the continent aboard a private jet.

— Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

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