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headspring

noun

Definition of headspring

as in hot spring

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Recent Examples of headspring When the headsprings reach capacity, the park closes entirely, so timing matters. — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026 Walk the half-mile trail from the headspring with your gear to scuba dive at Blue Hole Spring (most divers refer to this spring as Jug Spring; bring a cart or wheelbarrow along to lighten the load). — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024 Cost is $2 per person to enter the park, which also serves up food at Paradise Treats and Spring Side Cafe, a viewing deck of the headspring and paved walkways that run along the Silver River and through ornamental gardens. — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2017

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Noun

To experience Japan’s famous onsen culture with fewer crowds, head to the rural hot spring town of Nagato Yumoto.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
The first is at Orvis Hot Springs, a clothing-optional resort in Ridgway with natural hot spring soaking pools, plus a dry sauna and a cold plunge pond off to the side, framed by the San Juan Mountains.

— Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of hot spring

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Whereas 20 years ago, banks began recruiting for summer interns in the spring, today the process begins two years ahead of time.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
On Friday, Deadline reported that Smith and Gillespie have been cast as leads in Season 2 of the Crave Original, which is set to premiere in spring 2027.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of spring

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The water district has been paying residents to rip out their thirsty grass and replace it with landscaping or trees, banned most new commercial fountains and water features, and limited the amount of water golf courses may use.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Bird baths with a fountain can even offer an element of moving water.

— Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of fountain

Noun

There is absolutely no wellspring of untapped energy in the country in favor of relaxing gun laws.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
For much of her defining run, Lizzo was emblematic of an idyllic extramusical experiment, her songs a wellspring for yas queen enthusiasm.

— Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 16 June 2026

Definition of wellspring

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Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026
The board pointed to the 46th annual OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, June 27, along Newport Avenue as a possible fountainhead of public input, given the usual thousands of people who attend.

— Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

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