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faucet

[faw-sit] / ˈfɔ sɪt /


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Then we visited the robotics classroom, where he turned on a faucet, and the flow was closer to the color of apple juice than water.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

“Even if the strait were to effectively open tomorrow, you can’t turn the faucet back on,” Angie Gildea, global head of oil and gas at KPMG, told MarketWatch in March.

From MarketWatch ● May 24, 2026

“Even if there is a good resolution, this isn’t a faucet that can turn back on. We don’t have a peace button you can push to restart those wells.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

Door handles, faucet knobs, and flush levers tend to be more contaminated because they are frequently touched, often with unwashed hands.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026

I run around to the side of the house and turn on the faucet full blast.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

For the hardware, the couple will be replacing the existing silver-toned metal with gold, including new faucets, new drawer handles, and new knobs for the cupboards.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

Toilets lacked basic items such as soap, while water gushing from the faucets was tinged brown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Where aquifer levels decline, wells and faucets increasingly sputter and run dry, people drill deeper and the land can sink as underground spaces collapse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

Gravity draws the water down into faucets, pools and hydrants below, and then the tanks are refilled with water pumped up from the city’s pipelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025

They continued past to the campsites, which had fireplaces, water faucets and flat dirt spaces, where a tent could be pitched or a car pulled in.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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