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nozzle

[noz-uhl] / ˈnɒz əl /
NOUN
spout
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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 can look down and spray a nozzle when the sensors pick a weed, while we're going around 15 miles an hour," Leguee says.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

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

Like water spraying through a narrow nozzle, the winds are accelerated as they enter the canyons, often reaching gale-force strength by the time they exit into Los Angeles and San Bernardino.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024

I unhook the water bottle from my bike’s frame and aim the nozzle at him.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina




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