running water
noun
: water distributed through pipes and fixtures
a cabin with hot and cold running water
Examples of running water in a Sentence
a cabin with hot and cold running water
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Posey grew up on the reservation in a house without running water and was the youngest of 13 siblings born to a Shoshone and Arapaho father and a Cheyenne mother.
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Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
For 20 years, Dan Ortega Hernández, 50, never had a problem with running water at his barbershop in Mexico City’s Tlalpan borough.
—Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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Cy Neff, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
For 20 years, Dan Ortega Hernández, 50, never had a problem with running water at his barbershop in Mexico City’s Tlalpan borough.
—Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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“Running water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20water. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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