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spigots

  • plural
    of spigot.
    spigot
    noun
    a small peg or plug for stopping the vent of a cask.

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Since 2020, when Washington turned on the spigots to counter effects of the pandemic, government-benefits fraud cases have increased 242%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

“They can turn these spigots on or off whenever they need to,” Sansoterra said of Big Tech’s capital expenditures.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025

Imagine two spigots pouring money into three buckets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

The content spigots were, in large part, turned off.

From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Just inside the wall was a row of waist-high water spigots.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom