like water

Example Sentences

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Trade is like water — it will find its way.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 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

"Things like water and medicines are essential commodities and even a slight decline in supply can have major consequences," he adds.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

It did not boil like water, but bubbles came up in it and suddenly exploded, leaving holes that closed quickly.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder