sprinkler
Example Sentences
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Sprinkler outages, patchy information and anxious parents in overheating homes point to a city behind the curve.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
For decades scientists have been trying to solve Feynman's Sprinkler Problem: How does a sprinkler running in reverse -- in which the water flows into the device rather than out of it -- work?
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
“A typical fire is not like the movies where sprinklers go off everywhere,” says Nancy Hammond, owner of Reliance Fire Protection in Seattle and chair of the Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board of Puget Sound.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023
“There has never been a multiple loss of life in a building that was properly protected by fire sprinklers,” said Shane Ray, president of the National Fire Sprinkler Association.
From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022
These personate Hasché̆ltĭ, Tónenĭlĭ—Water Sprinkler, the God of Water, who is really a clown—and as many Haschĕbaád as care to go out.
From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.
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