Example Sentences

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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

Poppy said their skins would feel so sticky after plunging into the Dead Sea, they’d have to lie down under freshwater spigots to wash off.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye