as in sock
a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg
a reenactor dressed like Benjamin Franklin in waistcoat, breeches, and hose
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as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
when the guy failed to return with our money, we realized that we had been hosed
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Recent Examples of hose
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Firefighters worked to stretch multiple hose lines to the home, while others searched the home and checked the upper floors for any extension of the flames.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Use a watering can or hose that sprinkles the water to evenly distribute it among the seeds.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Maintain a mulch in the garden and use microsprinklers or soaker hoses to conserve water.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Firefighters worked to stretch multiple hose lines to the home, while others searched the home and checked the upper floors for any extension of the flames.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Bagging up trash tightly and hosing out dirty trash cans can also help.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Use a watering can or hose that sprinkles the water to evenly distribute it among the seeds.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hose
Noun
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Thanks to its explosive popularity, there are so many chic Pilates-ready options out there these days; even the grippy socks are getting cute.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
7 May 2026
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Beyond the socks offered on Cohen’s eBay account, other sought after items include a pair of GameStop signs and what appears to be a life-sized Halo 2 statue, both of which are going for more than $10,000.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Verb
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It was triggered, in his telling, by the record oil price spike of June 2008, which forced ordinary households to absorb more than $2,000 in additional energy costs on top of adjustable-rate mortgage resets that were already squeezing them.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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Gas prices, housing costs and groceries are squeezing people who are working hard yet still falling behind.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Men wore tri-corner hats, white stockings, and long coats.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Instead of looking at fashion through the lens of art, the dresses, jeans, body stockings, bustiers and other garments are more prominently positioned.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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And they are left victorious at trial but still stinging from the episode.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Bass faced stinging criticism over her absence from the city when the fire broke out and her handling of the recovery.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Verb
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There’s no trace of anything strummed or plucked; clusters of tone simply materialize out of thin air, as capricious as weather.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
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He’s plucked employees from companies like Uber, Google, and Facebook to professionalize the place.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Finally, the professional will install hangers to reinforce your gutters before screwing the mesh guard on top.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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And to screw your head onto any of it was really impossible to do.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Though that 2017 championship is marred by one of the most egregious cheating scandals in baseball history.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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The penalty killers can’t cheat towards one or two guys.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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And after carrying some double-headers in recent weeks, NBC curiously opted to air only single games on Monday and Tuesday this week (the series openers of Knicks-76ers and Lakers-OKC), and stuck its two other playoff games those nights on Peacock.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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Some of the chemicals that didn’t stick on carpets were flushed with the industry’s wastewater into local sewer pipes and, eventually, the region’s rivers.—
DYLAN JACKSON,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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“Hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hose. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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