hose
Example Sentences
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Even at that distance, the comet was losing water at a rate of about 40 kilograms per second, comparable to water blasting from a fully opened fire hose.
From Science Daily
Marco Rossi was in the third ring, hosing down an elephant and scrubbing her wrinkled gray skin with a long-handled deck brush.
From Literature
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This ghost rattles industrial hoses and temporarily melds with an air purifier.
From Los Angeles Times
Gardner previously said that more than 100 firefighters used hoses to put a “wet line” around the Balcom fire perimeter, while bulldozers cut away vegetation in its path and aircraft caked the ground with retardant.
From Los Angeles Times
First aid supplies, stacks of metal helmets, and stirrup pumps with fire hoses.
From Literature
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