watering

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The rain pours down so often that you can’t help but snort when the film cuts to Whitford’s granddad angrily watering his lawn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

From watering days that involve a few hundred plants to ordering the latest rare species, his home in Malvern, Worcestershire, has turned into a jungle.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

New York’s White Horse Tavern, established in 1880, and Fraunces Tavern, site of Washington’s 1783 farewell to his troops, have become so popular with tourists, they more closely resemble theme parks than local watering holes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In the nearby town of Banissa, the man-made watering hole that once held 60,000 cubic metres of water is dry, leaving a barren expanse that children have turned into a playground.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

She was watering at the mouth now and a thin trickle of spit was running down one side of her chin.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl