fountain
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The celebrations turned deadly around midnight in the town of Ciudad Rodrigo in the west, after a fountain crumbled under the weight of supporters who had climbed onto it.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Patel’s vague statement, meanwhile, gave conspiracists just enough oxygen to turn a medically explainable death into a fountain of paranoia.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Dana Andrews is a decorated bombardier who returns to the same soda fountain job he held before the war, discovering that military heroism doesn’t necessarily translate into peacetime opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The most expensive pen Murrell bought - a Montblanc white gold fountain pen purchased for £4,225 - was found by officers during the search of Gordon Lamb House.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Someone bumped into Seven from behind and nearly knocked her into the fountain, which was now lit up with a deep green glow.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Some of the renovations have been successful; fountains are running anew, including the long-dormant cascading water feature at the city’s popular Meridian Hill Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Then, McDonald gave spots in some soda fountains to Dr Pepper, largely bumping Coke’s lesser-loved Mr. Pibb soda by 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Coke hired salesmen to serve McDonald’s franchisees, and expanded its offerings to include Sprite in the 1980s—bumping rival 7UP off McDonald’s fountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Lomond MRT said that with two incidents in a week, they were advising people to drink water from known sources including bottled water and Scottish Water fountains.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
I wrote about the Freedom Riders who rode buses through the South in 1961 challenging segregated seating, rest rooms, and drinking fountains.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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