cistern
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They traced the sound back to the cistern and climbed up about seven feet to its small opening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Related: My plumber charged $160 to fix the cistern on my toilet — but created another problem.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
“The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Still clutching the burning shingle, I made my way up the ladder to the top of the cistern, whispering a breathless thanks to whoever had left it open to the sky.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
School children have outings to waterworks to understand how precious the resource is, and households have embraced water-saving devices for shower heads and toilet cisterns.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Farmers in tractors tugged water cisterns and aimed hoses at the blaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
When it runs out, he jumps from one rooftop to another to gather buckets of water from nearby cisterns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Some smaller-scale ideas have emerged, such as installing cisterns, tapping water from swimming pools, or even turning to mobile pumps and pipes that could quickly route water where it’s needed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
So to mark his manhood, Tyrion was given charge of all the drains and cisterns within easterly Rock.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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