water cooler

Example Sentences

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Word has spread on Wall Street around the water cooler and during after-work drinks with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

It was the epitome of water cooler television.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

For sure, he doesn’t want to be remembered mostly as the guy who foolishly broke his foot kicking a water cooler in frustration.

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

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