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drinking fountain

NOUN
fountain that provides drinking water
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I asked for water and the bartender pointed me toward a drinking fountain and some plastic cups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Entering an office for then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Beddingfield washed his eyes in a drinking fountain before he left the building.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

At one point, he said on Twitter that the Badger would have a drinking fountain fed by waste water from its hydrogen fuel cell.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2022

A cozy domestic breakfast nook is tucked away, hidden behind a sleek, shiny, charmless black wall fronted by a hunched boulder pierced by a drinking fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2020

I couldn’t bend over a drinking fountain and take medication that way; I either choked or accidentally spit my pills all over the basin.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram


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