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nozzle

[noz-uhl] / ˈnɒz əl /
NOUN
spout
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Railroads and truckers—many transporting goods from West Coast ports—pay through the nozzle and pass on some of their higher costs to customers across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

With crude oil topping $100 a barrel, and the average price of gas in the state approaching $5.50 a gallon, every touch of the nozzle is painful for California drivers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

"It can look down and spray a nozzle when the sensors pick a weed, while we're going around 15 miles an hour," Leguee says.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

HITS-Bio uses a digitally controlled nozzle array, an arrangement of multiple nozzles that moves in three dimensions and allows researchers to manipulate several spheroids at the same time.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

“What's that?” another judge asked, pointing at the nozzle, and I got my chance to expound on what it was for, how its dimensions were calculated, and what it did.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Musk said the car was equipped with 10 nozzles and "ultra high-pressure air tanks" to propel itself into the air and accelerate quickly on the ground.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The availability of charging stations also plays a huge role in how fast people buy electric vehicles, and California now boasts more EV chargers than gasoline nozzles, according to the Energy Commission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Plant officials said that levels in the Danube were so low that the suction nozzles used to take in water could not reach it.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The more viscous material can clog up factories’ spray nozzles, resulting in spotty, unevenly colored candy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Then came a spray of EnviroChem, coming out of nozzles all up and down the sides of the air lock, which deconned her space suit.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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