water cooler

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“There is a lot of water cooler talk about people who haven’t had work in months,” said Emily Lawrence, who has narrated more than 600 audiobooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

“You can get talented people, but the water cooler effect is gone.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Kelenic delivered a kick to that infamous water cooler and wound up with a broken bone in his left foot.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2023

As many do, he likes to store it in a matka, an Indian red clay pot that is a water cooler.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

When we at last reached the air-conditioned ranger station, we sagged into chairs next to the water cooler, drank down the cooler’s last half-gallon of water, and asked the ranger for another bottle.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond