water cooler

Example Sentences

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People claiming to know Rana—from school, work and dating in New York—swapped stories at the online water cooler.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

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

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Martin books call the closing event in Sunday’s episode of “House of the Dragon” — is likely to be a major Westeros water cooler moment.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 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

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