cistern
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“The cistern on my toilet has been constantly refilling and making a hissing noise.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
I have a problem with the cistern in my bathroom.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Based on your account, the cistern appears to have developed a new fault immediately after the repair and/or the original problem may have been more complex than first realised.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Down there in the darkness was a cistern filled with water so sweet that he could smell it.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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