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Recent Examples of spigots
Once hoses are disconnected, cover outdoor spigots with insulated faucet covers.
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Sergio Candido, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
How to Prevent Frozen Outdoor Spigots Disconnect all hoses before freezing weather to prevent frozen outdoor spigots.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The strangers—all of whom were Black, an anomaly in Mentone—were spotted filling up containers of water from spigots on private property.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Simply but festively set, the entire T was draped in white tablecloths and adorned with bright blue and green seltzer bottles, the kind with spigots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Trump opened the session with a lengthy spiel suggesting that the spigots of Venezuelan oil would soon be open, flooding the market with cheap petroleum for the benefit of American taxpayers, Venezuelan citizens and big oil companies.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Check your outdoor spigots Before the temperature drops below 32 degrees, outdoor water spigots attached to homes should be opened to allow to drain water out.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Other covers are too short or too small to fit older or oddly shaped spigots.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Sergio Candido, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
How to Prevent Frozen Outdoor Spigots Disconnect all hoses before freezing weather to prevent frozen outdoor spigots.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 Jan. 2026
The strangers—all of whom were Black, an anomaly in Mentone—were spotted filling up containers of water from spigots on private property.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
Simply but festively set, the entire T was draped in white tablecloths and adorned with bright blue and green seltzer bottles, the kind with spigots.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Trump opened the session with a lengthy spiel suggesting that the spigots of Venezuelan oil would soon be open, flooding the market with cheap petroleum for the benefit of American taxpayers, Venezuelan citizens and big oil companies.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Check your outdoor spigots Before the temperature drops below 32 degrees, outdoor water spigots attached to homes should be opened to allow to drain water out.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 14 Dec. 2025
Other covers are too short or too small to fit older or oddly shaped spigots.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spigots
valves
Noun
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The work involved replacing huge concrete pipes that are 36 inches wide and replacing three large valves that can cost as much as $200,000 each.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
3 Jan. 2026
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Spit valves full, chops spent, the band finished their set, and the patrons, ears ringing, set out into the night.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Spigots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spigots. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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