hydrant
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I might as well have tried uprooting a fire hydrant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Newtown Dream Dog Park is one of the best in the country, outfitted with sprinklers, a spraying hydrant, hoops, tunnels and more.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
At least one of the tankers filled at a hydrant reserved for fire engines, according to an activist who spoke to the driver and photographed paperwork showing his destination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
A video of the early-morning, post-crash scene, obtained by TMZ, showed Arenas lying face down in the street in a few inches of water while the broken hydrant sprayed water into the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2025
One evening, in doing my chores, I took the water pail to the hydrant in the back yard to fill it.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
The loss of pressure in hydrants has happened before in wildfires, including the 2008 Freeway Complex fire, the 2017 Tubbs and Thomas fires, the 2018 Woolsey fire and the 2024 Mountain fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Out in the yard, the fire hydrants received a fresh, bright coat of yellow paint.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Kids decorated their bikes with stars and stripes, marched in local parades and painted local fire hydrants red, white and blue–faded examples of which could be seen well into the ’80s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Then move on over to the fire hydrants.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
He formed an exposition fire department and ordered the installation of hundreds of fire hydrants and telegraphic alarm boxes.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing hydrant
Elements of the Universe: Hydr, Hydro ("Water")
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: hydr
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