Also water sent through the taps is often 'produced' locally.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water Privatization, Continued, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

If McCain taps Romney to be VP, he will definitely put Michigan in play.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edwards campaign manager to endorse Obama] Reference

The motivation for the wire taps is to protect the Constitution not tear it “asunder”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » BREAKING: Bush Admits Authorizing Secret Domestic Spying Program] Reference

In addition, 90 percent of cities have polluted groundwater and in Beijing, the water coming from taps is undrinkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » China’s Overpopulation Blowback] Reference

I love the view from the window, but the taps are a close second!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frenchless in France] Reference

RYAN: I mean, you can see the kids having love taps, which is so cute, and you don't report on it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2009] Reference

"taps" -- lights out -- when a yell went up from the parade and all Sandy started to its feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier] Reference

The hour is spent -- they are sounding 'taps' at the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russell H. Conwell] Reference

But he knew that it would soon be time for "taps" and he dared not be late.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference

As usual, "taps" were blown at ten o'clock and things on the island grew very quiet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Woman with a Stone Heart A Romance of the Philippine War] Reference

Individual "taps" work for the PO and in shifts track every move of Marak and others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Do You Say I Am] Reference

This just kind of taps into that air of invisibility and says, maybe she's not invisible.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2006] Reference

So it is most important that you practice over and over again the four kinds of "taps" and "hops" which.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference

Last week in Sao Paolo, Brazil, I heard the distinct sound of "taps" being played for the simple plastic shopping bag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Andrew Winston: "A Plastic Bag Is a Pain in the Butt"] Reference

Apparently it was a fun new game that had been spreading throughout the school where one boy "taps" another boy's balls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The new school "no tolerance" policy: no touching!] Reference

There was a little good-natured scrambling when the rude beds were made up; but as soon as "taps" really sounded all activity ceased.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference

The military bugles took up the sound with "taps," and the figure of the sentry on the bridge was a moving patch of black in the moonlight.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference

The sheer number of taps is staggering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » NYT:] Reference

Putin taps into a growing anti-minority fervor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science] Reference

True, we retired at "taps," but I will not vouch that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference

Everything was quiet; "taps" had just sounded and they were all going to bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier] Reference

Water-using items such as taps are covered because hot water requires energy.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

Matty was saved from delivering his angry response, for just then "taps" sounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow] Reference

He sits by the table outside the door and "taps" us with his paw when he passes by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Refine Me] Reference

More than 1000 pipes and ancillary equipment such as taps, bends, end plugs reducers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bearded Man] Reference

At last, when all were through, "taps" rose once more out of the darkness to the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War] Reference

The word "taps" is an alteration of the obsolete word "taptoo," derived from the Dutch.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vail Trail - All Sections] Reference

Sitting around upon the army cots or chests, the soldiers will discuss some unimportant topic until "taps" sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great White Tribe in Filipinia] Reference

The taps were a little different with each one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wayward Muse] Reference

"taps," in memory of those who lost their lives to the Sept. 11 attacks.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"taps," or else a wood-fibre half-sole, but no beginner should be worrying about this.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference

Evidence from the taps is used increasingly in Italian courts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Private Lies, Public Figures] Reference

Even in squatter camps, the poorest of the poor now have communal taps and toilets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up From The Ashes] Reference

Under the current regulations, prosecutors can authorize taps for any number of suspected crimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Private Lies, Public Figures] Reference