drinking water
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A separate experiment tested a simpler approach: giving mice D-serine in their drinking water for three weeks.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
It wants us to stockpile canned food and drinking water, strengthen our civic resilience, and plan for the possibility of war.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
It’s basically to shame myself into drinking water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
We try to find operational ways to save water to have less of an impact on the shipping industry and to supply drinking water for the population.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Mama was afraid it would foul up our drinking water.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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