fire hose

noun

: a hose used to spray water on a fire

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Keeping up with Truth Social posts, press conferences and off-the-cuff Oval Office remarks from the president can feel like drinking from a fire hose. Kevin Maloney, The Conversation, 18 May 2026 The raw fire hose creates noise, raises cost and increases the chance of error. Karpagam Narayanan, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026 By midmorning, rescuers began moving a fire hose under the whale’s belly and around his pectoral fins. Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 Higher-voltage systems allow stations to use lighter cables, making plugging in much less like wrestling a fire hose. Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire hose

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“Fire hose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20hose. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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