water cooler
Example Sentences
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Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
“We’re not spending as much time together in person, and the bar is such an easy way to do that. It’s almost like a water cooler conversation that you don’t have as much anymore.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
It was the epitome of water cooler television.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024
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
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
