watering

Example Sentences

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Watering down the recommendations solves the wrong problem and risks turning local gaps into national outbreaks.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Watering helps those who short stocks, called shorts, in two ways.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2024

Watering continues to be prohibited within 48 hours of a measurable rain event, and hosing down driveways and sidewalks is not permitted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Watering flowers wasn’t the problem, Smith told Roberson.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Known as the “Queen of the Watering Places” in the South, it was where the well-heeled vacationers from Virginia’s coast and other Southern locations would escape summer’s heat and humidity.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson