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sprinkler

[spring-kler] / ˈsprɪŋ klər /




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As Mourinho left the press conference, an Italian journalist stood up and gifted him a small garden sprinkler, wrapped in a bow.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

In retrospect, he says he wishes he had a generator that he could have used to power a sprinkler system around the property after the electricity went out.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

In the southern city of Yangsan, where the mercury hit a historic high of 42.5C on Sunday, fleets of sprinkler trucks have been roaming the streets, spraying water onto sun-baked roads.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

It suggests that the fluid rotates in one direction while the sprinkler turns in the opposite direction.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

That the neighbor testing his sprinkler line isn’t really looking for a leak.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

During the fire’s rapid spread, the water system quickly lost pressure as crews drew heavily on hydrants, residents ran sprinklers and hoses, and water gushed out of melted pipes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

It was blamed in part on the building’s highly flammable cladding and lack of alarms, sprinklers and a fire escape.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

That left open the possibility that sprinklers with more complicated forms, including the curved and looping tubes found in silly sprinklers, might behave differently.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

My dad had the sprinklers running all morning so the grass was wet and your foot slid forward, sending you into a split.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher




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