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hosing

[hoh-zing] / ˈhoʊ zɪŋ /




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In between matches, hard-working staff are hosing down the courts to cool the sand.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The prime minister promised back in September to allow veterans to get onto social hosing lists more easily.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024

Urban Alchemy officials said the worker was hosing the sidewalk to clean feces left by the unhoused person in the video, whom they have subsequently placed in transitional housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2024

“All wasteful water use such as hosing down driveways and impervious surfaces, allowing water to flow unattended and using water in a grossly inefficient manner, is prohibited,” the Southwest Florida Water Management District website says.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Like, too old to be hosing down blazing houses, that’s for sure.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds