faucet
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“Who would think to fill up an ice bath from a water faucet on a rooftop in Chelsea?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“Even if the strait were to effectively open tomorrow, you can’t turn the faucet back on,” Angie Gildea, global head of oil and gas at KPMG, told MarketWatch in March.
From MarketWatch ● May 24, 2026
“Even if there is a good resolution, this isn’t a faucet that can turn back on. We don’t have a peace button you can push to restart those wells.”
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
Door handles, faucet knobs, and flush levers tend to be more contaminated because they are frequently touched, often with unwashed hands.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
The drip from the kitchen faucet marks the passing of time.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026
The disaster has destabilized local utilities that for generations quietly kept faucets flowing in Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
Toilets lacked basic items such as soap, while water gushing from the faucets was tinged brown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Las Flores has recommended to customers that when they resume using water, they take various steps to flush the household system, including running all the faucets for at least five minutes before using.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Just outside the mosque there was a long trough with rows of faucets.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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