hydrant
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I might as well have tried uprooting a fire hydrant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Newtown Dream Dog Park is one of the best in the country, outfitted with sprinklers, a spraying hydrant, hoops, tunnels and more.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
At least one of the tankers filled at a hydrant reserved for fire engines, according to an activist who spoke to the driver and photographed paperwork showing his destination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025
The Cybertruck careened instead into a fire hydrant, then a tree, before bursting into flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
No matter how hot it got, Mami wouldn’t allow us to cool off in the hydrant with the neighborhood kids, whom she considered a bad influence.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Out in the yard, the fire hydrants received a fresh, bright coat of yellow paint.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fire hydrants in the nation’s capital were painted to resemble American patriots, as part of the “Paint-A-Plug for America” project.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Pratt took aim at Bass over the lack of water available during the inferno, with fire hydrants running dry.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Then move on over to the fire hydrants.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
On the coldest days the manure steamed, as if the hydrants themselves were on fire.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing hydrant
Elements of the Universe: Hydr, Hydro ("Water")
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: hydr
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