watered

It has been watered down since it was first proposed in October last year.

“The orchards have a built-in irrigation system, so when a fire starts, the landscape is already watered,” said Sean Doran, a fire captain with the Orange County Fire Authority.

But one of his flagship policies, phasing out fossil-fuel heating systems in Germany, had to be watered down and led to a dive in the government's poll ratings.

He watered, fertilized and harvested his own tomatoes and set up a vegetable stand, where he showed off his horticultural expertise to neighbors.

For an endless afternoon, our eyes watered and our hearts pounded and our world stood still.