Example Sentences

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Two ocean-going tugboats with firefighting equipment have hosed down the ship’s hull to cool it, according to the port of Horta harbormaster, Capt. Joao Mendes Cabecas, on the Azores island of Faial,

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Could she have hosed Pryce down with perspective and calm, rather than stoked her rage?

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2013