How to Use drinking fountain in a Sentence
drinking fountain
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And the cast bronze basins of drinking fountains are based on dogwood leaves and blossoms.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
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For years, water from the drinking fountains came out brown.
—Becca Savransky, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2023
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One hundred years ago, most parks for Black people in Louisville lacked swings, slides and even drinking fountains.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
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Also, fake tickets flooded the park and the drinking fountains weren’t working.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2023
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Last year, Betty Rivas was startled by a letter telling her that the drinking fountains her 8-year-old used at school weren’t safe.
—Michael Phillis and Brittany Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
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Bring a reusable water bottle to fill from the drinking fountain on-site.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
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Newsom said, before posing for photo ops where drinking fountains had been sealed for more than a year.
—Miriam Pawel, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
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Once the last pitch of the travel baseball season crossed home plate at the River Run baseball field, new concrete was poured for dugouts and a new drinking fountain was installed.
—Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
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That spring of ’46, while the couple waited at the Pensacola, Fla., airport, Rachel used a whites-only restroom and drank from a whites-only drinking fountain.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
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Wear a hat and sunscreen, and bring gardening gloves and a reusable water bottle (there’s a drinking fountain on-site).
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
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The park is completely fenced with amenities that include a drinking fountain and picnic tables.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
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In its guidance for schools, the CDC encourages teachers and students to bring their own water bottles to minimize trips to the drinking fountain.
—Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
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Meanwhile cat owners can't stop raving about the flower drinking fountain.
—Carly Kulzer, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
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In one tweet, Mr. Milton wrote that the Badger would have a drinking fountain using the water created by the truck’s hydrogen fuel cell.
—Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
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There are restrooms, drinking fountains, camping areas and concessions at the endpoint towns, and in between at Norwalk, Wilton and Kendall.
—Brian E. Clark, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
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The hotel commissioned Kaja Dahl to reenvision a stone drinking fountain that once stood in the wellness area and to fashion vases in granite-like porphyry for the guest suites.
—James Stewart, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2022
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For months, the pain in her feet had prevented the elephant from walking down a small hill to a drinking fountain in her enclosure, forcing her handlers to give her water in buckets and by hose.
—Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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Wherever life takes you, fill a reusable water bottle at home or at a drinking fountain.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019
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At the Shiloh elementary school near Modesto, drinking fountains sit abandoned, covered in clear plastic.
—Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 1 June 2018
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Fixtures tested include drinking fountains and sinks in kitchens, bathrooms and classrooms.
—Emily Hoerner, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
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Additional benefits of the Lower Fall trail is that at the start of it are flushable toilets, picnic tables, and an ice-cold drinking fountain.
—Chris Van Leuven, Outside Online, 19 Oct. 2022
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As far as a timeline is concerned, Leininger said the drinking fountain waterline and sewer work will begin in the next week followed by the installation of the sidewalk and concrete paths.
—John Benson, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2021
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Officials decided to pipe the spring water into town with a multi-spouted drinking fountain near the city center.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2023
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Most chairs have been removed from employee break rooms, drinking fountains have been taped off and hand-sanitizing stations have been set up throughout the complex.
—Staff, Indianapolis Star, 23 Apr. 2020
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The fountain was replaced by drinking fountains and covered by a wooden structure in 1924 before being deemed a traffic hazard and removed.
—Owen Prout, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
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There are additional plans by the Town/Lions to fully extend the paver sidewalks, improve the playground drainage and refurbish the Lions’ drinking fountain.
—The Aegis, 13 July 2018
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An obstacle course that resembles the nightclub district of Portland, Ore., is set up on the field and players driving muscle cars must avoid hitting light poles, drinking fountains and trees.
—Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2018
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New sidewalks have been installed, as has new sod and a new handicapped-accessible drinking fountain.
—Jeanne Houck, Cincinnati.com, 12 June 2020
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Clore said signs are posted above each drinking fountain in housing units instructing prisoners not to drink directly from the nozzle.
—Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2020
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In addition to the improvements, the neighborhood park features a playground, shade pavilion, picnic tables, grill, drinking fountain, hike/bike trail and open space.
—Teri Webster, Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2020
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