like water

Example Sentences

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Trade is like water — it will find its way.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“They sort of brushed it off, like water off the back of a duck.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"We will elect someone who can improve the local community ... things like water and repairing the streets," said Manar Salman, an English teacher in Jericho.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

The citrus industry adopted it early, and zealously, taking to it like water, spraying it all over the ground until not one sign of non-citrus life remained.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Arms pumping, whipping the air out of my way like water.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds