nozzle
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At the pumps, the mood was tense as customers watched the fuel counter tick up, sometimes pulling out the nozzle before the satisfying “ca-chunk” that indicates a full tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
HITS-Bio uses a digitally controlled nozzle array, an arrangement of multiple nozzles that moves in three dimensions and allows researchers to manipulate several spheroids at the same time.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
The inquiry saw images of the unusual perfume container, which was made up of a glass bottle, a silver screw cap and a white nozzle, similar to what would be found in a throat spray.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
“Quentin and I are going to design a sophisticated nozzle, and we need an advanced propellant to go along with it.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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Plant officials said that levels in the Danube were so low that the suction nozzles used to take in water could not reach it.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the pitch black of the mine, mud-splattered men with headlamps drill into the rock in two-man teams, using hydro drills with long, thin nozzles that shoot out pressurized water to loosen the ore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
He adds that he saves on pesticide spray since the nozzles only turn on when weeds are detected, as opposed to the kind of blanket spraying he used to do.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
California has more than 201,000 public EV charging ports, compared with about 120,000 gasoline nozzles statewide, according to state data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
All of a sudden, my future seemed cloudy and my shiny new nozzles crude.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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