water cooler

Example Sentences

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Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

“It’s like the modern day water cooler, essentially.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Even when we grouse about our jobs, by the water cooler and over Slack, the complaint is rarely about working hard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024

They turned bags inside out, looked under baseball caps, and even searched under the bleachers and over by the water cooler.

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon