spigot
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Graduate programs became cash cows for universities, which raised prices to take advantage of the open spigot of federal loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Without that money spigot, David Ellison’s own ventures look much more perilous.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026
“When does the spigot stop? When do we stop throwing away money?” asked Burgess, who wants to see subsidies shrink.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
The spigot will reopen next week with important reports from Nvidia, which will shed new light on the AI trade, and from Home Depot, Walmart and Target, which will provide an important state-of-the-consumer update.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2025
The faucets are gold, and the spigot is shaped like a dragon’s head.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
Since 2020, when Washington turned on the spigots to counter effects of the pandemic, government-benefits fraud cases have increased 242%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
“They can turn these spigots on or off whenever they need to,” Sansoterra said of Big Tech’s capital expenditures.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
Water will be unavailable from spigots in South Rim dry campgrounds, but bathroom faucets will still work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
New York City’s estimated 275 mosques were among the first to host or counsel Muslim immigrants seeking shelter, halal food and water spigots used in pre-prayer ablutions.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
When someone flushed you could hear the water and other matter, which the children named, running inside the big pipe above the drinking spigots.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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