hose
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The bear had no water dish and relied on a hose for drinking water.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
A battalion chief ordered crews to remove the hose anyway, The Times reported in October 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"As I recall, Larry Mullen took a hose to the fans," laughs Bono.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
A garden hose had been overflowing the pool above the hillside for an “unknown amount of time” when it caused the flooding and subsequent collapse, according to the Fire Department’s 5 p.m. update.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
After the pool is inflated, Naomi unwinds the hose that Mr. Chapman left at the front of the house.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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Born in Nieder-Rehback, Austria-Hungary, 69 years ago, Victor Berger attended the Universities of Vienna and Budapest, arrived in the U. S. in 1878 with $75 in his hosen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He pulled off Robin’s hosen and carried him into the water, holding and dipping him where the current ran deep.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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He opened a large chest and found underlinen and hosen, a hood with a long peak, and a warm cloak.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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Ine sumer ȝe habbeð leaue uorto gon and sitten baruot. and hosen wið uten uaumpez . and ligge ine ham : hwo so likeð.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
“No, thank you; for my little boy,” says Eugen, politely, glancing deferentially round at the piles of wool and packets of hosen around.
From The First Violin A Novel by Jessie Fothergill
The money normally spent on the parade will go instead toward pumps, hoses, plugs and generators, Fisher said, “resources our waterways and neighbors desperately need.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Images released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine show firefighters directing water hoses at burning vehicles amid clouds of smoke on a street in Pavlohrad.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
"We're still short of hoses, which makes it hard for us to extinguish this fire."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
As they were driving away when evacuating, they could see on their app that there were firemen with hoses walking around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The tanks and water hoses frightened me, but the dogs terrified me.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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As the country raged that the Broncos got hosed, the man in charge of the team took the high road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
If people get hosed by, say, a bear market in stocks, taxpayers will end up on the hook supporting them anyway.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
And by 7 a.m., it’s all over: the seafood is gone, the floors are hosed down, and a full day’s business has come and gone before you’ve even had your morning coffee.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2025
City are never home and hosed this season.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
Then he walked outside and hosed down his car, blasting away the Idaho dust until it looked as though it had never seen a dirt road.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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"I don't know what possessed me," the drummer grimaces, while trying to insist the hosing "was an act of kindness and love because it was a hot day".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Another instance included allegedly hosing down a congregant’s car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Firefighters quickly began hosing down the smoking reactor -- "they didn't let the fire spread," Solovyov said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
In between matches, hard-working staff are hosing down the courts to cool the sand.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
A few were rushing to get out a special edition about the fire, while the rest were on the roof hosing it down with water.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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