fire hose
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Instead, two fire hose cabinets sit in each gallery, one at the front, and one near Cell 24.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
“We’ll be here till tomorrow dealing with this blaze,” said Major Issa Hamdoun, a civil defense commander, as he watched his men manhandling the fire hose into the wreckage of the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
And resident Leung Ho-hin said he saw two neighbours try to use a fire hose, but "no water" came out.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
“It’s a little bit like giving people a fire hose of fuel,” says Guillermo Rauch, Vercel’s CEO, who gives his employees an unlimited token budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Imagine a city where every neighborhood had a different interface for connecting the fire hose to the hydrant.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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