sprinkler
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The researchers expanded the theory and found that it accurately described both forward and reverse operation across every sprinkler shape they tested.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
In forward mode, water sprayed outward as it would from an ordinary lawn sprinkler.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Years before his diagnosis, Pat Aust advocated to install a sprinkler system inside the care home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Other companies offer flame-retardant home wraps and innovative sprinkler systems, which can cost thousands of dollars.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
After the lunch break we even got matched up together, just the two of us, digging main line—eight inches wide, eighteen deep—where they were gonna install a fancy sprinkler system.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Every summer, lawns fill with colorful "silly sprinklers," whose looping and twisting tubes send water spraying in unusual patterns.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
France's players tried to keep cool under the on-field sprinklers.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
People can also cool off under water sprinklers which have been switched on in several areas of the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
When he went back three hours later to turn the sprinklers on, the house was already burning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The sprinklers in the garden switched on; the odor of wet dust drifted through the window.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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