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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

Here in Washington we know the name Cogswell because of the elaborate drinking fountain he forced upon the city in 1884.

From Washington Post Aug. 27, 2022

I walk past the drinking fountain and through the tunnels that seemed endless the day I got here but now barely register in my mind.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth



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