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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

The water arrives at the valley floor under pressure and shoots out of a vertical nozzle like a "massive fountain", says Dr Suryanarayanan Balasubramanian, the founder of Acres of Ice.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

Like water spraying through a narrow nozzle, the winds are accelerated as they enter the canyons, often reaching gale-force strength by the time they exit into Los Angeles and San Bernardino.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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

One is replacing the fuel nozzles to utilize natural gas instead of jet fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Another method is to use injection-spray bars to create thousands of small holes on a course, using nozzles that force water into the snow.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

He adds that he saves on pesticide spray since the nozzles only turn on when weeds are detected, as opposed to the kind of blanket spraying he used to do.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026

California has more than 201,000 public EV charging ports, compared with about 120,000 gasoline nozzles statewide, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

The flight of Auk XXII-D was to be the final flight in the series that used countersunk nozzles.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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