Thesaurus results for HOSING

hosing

verb

present participle of hose, slang

as in squeezing

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 hosing By the afternoon, only a handful of LAFD crew members remained at the site, replaced by private firefighters who had taken over hosing down the building interior. — Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 The expert suggests hosing them with water for a thorough clean as flies can be attracted to lingering food waste, odors, and residues. — Maria Sabella, The Spruce, 23 June 2026 Prevent unwanted weeds from establishing in sidewalk and driveway cracks by hosing out or scraping away dirt and sediment from the cracks. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 June 2026 This means pressure-washing the deck or hosing down the lawn before laying down your fresh rug. — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026 Firefighters were on the street hosing down the burning stacks of e-bikes, the live stream showed, and fire trucks were making their way through showers of sparks from fireworks being lit in the darkening Paris skies. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Dallas Fire-Rescue also shared photos that showed crews hosing down the charred remains of the complex, where debris and burned wood littered the scene. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Her neighbors stayed in their backyard, hosing down trees as aircrafts continued water dumps. — Sean Emery, Daily News, 18 May 2026 On the night of April 21, Toronto fire crews called time on the stunt, blocking access to the sculpture and hosing it down with warm water, Toronto City News reports. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026

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Moreover, the short extension of the trade armistice only underscores its fragility; Beijing is still squeezing flows of rare earths to extract concessions from the US and coerce its allies, including Japan.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2026
That high pressure and the burgeoning nor’easter are squeezing the air between them, increasing wind speeds along the East Coast.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of squeezing

Verb

Some baby hummingbirds disguise themselves as caterpillars with stinging hairs to avoid predators, while octopus, squid, and cuttlefish use camouflage to blend in with their surroundings and hide.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
How to prevent wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets Proactive maintenance can keep stinging insects from setting up home on your property.

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of stinging

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LLMs are great at finding blowups that exist—at searching the infinite landscape of fluid scenarios and plucking out the precise situation that breaks the equations.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026
Fortunately, many dahlia insect problems in September can be solved by walking through the garden in the morning and plucking the offending insects off the plants by hand, then dropping them into a container of soapy water.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of plucking

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Besides Instagram hustling and scouring job boards, entrepreneurial editors find gigs when creators call out for help.

— Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Devers, who finished with three hits, eschewed his power for small ball in the fifth, laying down a surprise bunt for a single, then hustling home on Susac’s sacrifice fly.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

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The screwworm gets its name from the maggots’ habit of burrowing — or screwing — into a wound, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

— Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
There’s a storyline in season two about AI being employed at the hospital, then screwing everything up when the system goes down.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of screwing

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Most leaders are sticking the initial demands contained in the African Union’s position on the issue adopted in 2005, which includes a demand for at least two permanent seats on the Security Council.

— Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Most leaders are sticking the initial demands contained in the African Union's position on the issue adopted in 2005, which includes a demand for at least two permanent seats on the Security Council.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sticking

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Nigeria is on track to complete a 90,000 km fiber optic cable network in three years, a government minister said, beating an initial timeline for the project backed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
OpenAI earlier this month released GPT-6 Astra, which has sometimes been modestly beating Opus 5 in benchmarks and user sentiment.

— Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

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