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Recent Examples of fire hydrant
Would fewer fire hydrants in the Palisades have run dry if there had been better maintenance, including having a key reservoir operating instead of closed for repairs?
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Wettstein noted first responders were forced to run some 800 feet of hose to another, functioning fire hydrant before efforts to put out the fire could even begin.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
The president was among those who chastised officials after some fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Wettstein noted first responders were forced to run some 800 feet of hose to another, functioning fire hydrant before efforts to put out the fire could even begin.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
The president was among those who chastised officials after some fire hydrants ran dry in Los Angeles.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fire hydrant
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The worst placard abusers are the police, who park on sidewalks, in front of hydrants, and in traffic lanes, bus lanes, and bike lanes.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Later in the video, Arenas is seen trying to get up after lying face down in the street in a few inches of water while the hydrant continued to spray.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
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In January, hundreds of residents were evacuated from the Patrick Sullivan Senior Apartments on the Near West Side due to a burst pipe, which resulted in flooding and the loss of heat and hot water.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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If a thick layer of wet coffee grounds is placed around a plant, a water-resistant barrier is formed (ask a plumber what the grounds do to your plumbing pipes).—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
18 May 2025
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The team is taking this tack because Perseverance is getting low on unsealed tubes and still has a lot of intriguing ground to cover.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
21 May 2025
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The internet is already a part of us, inside of us; and maybe what remains for the digital novelist is to get outside, to gather up the whole snarled mess of tubes and plunk it down on an examination table.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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In addition, those homes are connected to a duct system that is inadequate for the HVAC system.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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General Motors The narrow sculptural lighting elements in the front frame large air ducts, which will likely help keep drag down to a minimum.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Apr. 2025
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However, today’s tech leaders’ political positions are a mixed bag.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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The four European leaders jointly visited Kyiv last week and have been calling for Trump to back new sanctions on Russia.—
Pavel Polityuk,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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The fake banking app, distributed via Telegram, reflects a broader strategy where messaging platforms become unwitting conduits for malicious activities.—
Yaamini Barathi Mohan,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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In previous years, American spy agencies issued warnings that G42 could be a conduit for siphoning advanced American technology to China.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
14 May 2025
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The newest member of the new-look Red Sox is an aggressive, fireplug of a player, which is why Cora keeps comparing him to the sainted Dustin Pedroia.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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At 41 inches tall and 161 pounds per side, this fireplug of a speaker delivers impressive dynamic range at realistic (live music) levels and will admirably fill all but the most gigantic spaces with detailed yet unfatiguing sound.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Fire hydrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fire%20hydrant. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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