water

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Recent Examples of water In one image in the master plan, a family plays Jenga on their coffee table while a Tesla robot waters the plants behind them. Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025 All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare. Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025 But took to it like a duck to water and was absolutely perfect. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025 Just before midnight on Friday, August 22nd, insects circled the bright lights outside the Texas state capitol and sprinklers watered the lawn. Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for water
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water
Verb
  • Before going in, run the inside of your mouth with your tongue to wet every surface.
    Ian Kumamoto, Them., 10 Sep. 2025
  • Increase the resistance on this exercise by wetting the towel first.
    Aubrey Bailey, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a risk of the children drowning in the pool or being bitten by spiders; there’s the danger of a brush fire on the nearby hillside; and more.
    Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That matters because SOCs are drowning in noise and budget strain from log ingestion.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet a surprisingly large number of dishes that are washed end up being washed by hand.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Indeed, rather than making the dog wash by himself, Osmin stood under the shower head and had to hold Buddah in his arms the entire time.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The comment sections of each video documenting the saga was flooded with people baffled by how the pair ended up in the situation.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Just two days before filming began in the northwest regional province of Santiago Rodriguez, a powerful storm swept through the Dominican Republic, flooding the ground floor of the production office and bringing much of Santo Domingo to a halt.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Water.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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