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Households are being asked to use watering cans or buckets for activities such as watering gardens, filling paddling pools or washing cars.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2026

Households are still spending enough to keep the economy expanding, even if higher prices have been a big reason.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Households expect to see income growth of just 0.8% over the coming 12 months, down from 2% in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Households in Germany and North America volunteered to use one of three sponge types as part of their regular dishwashing routines while documenting how the sponges were used.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The two Households, divided by wide seas, are to understand always that they are united nevertheless.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas