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fire hydrant

NOUN
emergency water connection on street
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It was hours before he stumbled onto a fire hydrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I might as well have tried uprooting a fire hydrant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

They couldn't find the fire hydrant outside which delayed it even more.

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025

"We've lived here for 26 years and we've never seen it tested," he says about the fire hydrant at the end of his block that failed to draw water when it was needed most.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

It was titled Despierta Boricua and depicted a Taino Indian tied to a New York City fire hydrant.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez



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