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
A fountain of lava, red and bubbling, shot up from the middle of the crater.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Designed to blend into the historic Baroque park, they are notable for their curved ceramic facades, daylight from skylights, accessibility features, drinking fountains -- and free use.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
This fast-moving magma could help generate dramatic lava fountains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
To keep its workforce supplied, UPS says it has given staff more than 100,000 water jugs and installed 3,000 ice machines and 2,000 water fountains in its facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Probation officials “neither installed functional water fountains nor provided individual water bottles to students, nor did they adequately staff the classroom,” the suit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He constructed elaborate fountains, with grottos containing mechanical singing birds.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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