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spigot

[spig-uht] / ˈspɪg ət /


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To that end, Meta is opening up the spigot.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

Without that money spigot, David Ellison’s own ventures look much more perilous.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

It is past time to tighten the spigot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

“They can turn the spigot on or off whenever they want to.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2025

I nearly flew to the sink and turned the spigot handle.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

His remarks suggest Treasury has identified the regime’s key cash spigots, maneuvers and enablers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“They can turn these spigots on or off whenever they need to,” Sansoterra said of Big Tech’s capital expenditures.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025

Imagine two spigots pouring money into three buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

The content spigots were, in large part, turned off.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Poppy said their skins would feel so sticky after plunging into the Dead Sea, they’d have to lie down under freshwater spigots to wash off.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye




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