sprinkler

Instead of containing the flames, the building's sprinkler system activates everywhere, flooding the entire house and causing widespread damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

It started appearing in my parents’ pantry in Costco two-packs, usually beside gigantic cases of bottled water, enough paper towels to absorb a malfunctioning sprinkler system and gallon-sized jugs of olive oil.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

They sat on the edge of the potato bed and talked for a while, about Lina’s grandmother and the baby, about the trouble Clary was having with the beehives, and about the greenhouse sprinkler system.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

She had to set up automatic sprinklers to keep the outdoor plants alive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

Microglia, the brain's resident immune cells, act like the sprinklers.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

There is no swimming Pool on Our street, Only sprinklers On lawns, The helicopter Of water Slicing our legs.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto