hole
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"He can accelerate through a hole and defenders find it very difficult to cope with that."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Malibu, an enormous sink hole emerged in the driveway of a home belonging to Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage when pounding waves from a nearby hurricane eroded the coastline.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
A researcher falls down a rabbit hole of academia in “Chronovisor,” a singular indie that sneaks up on you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
When a black hole actively consumes gas, it can release tremendous amounts of energy and heat nearby material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
He got down on his knees, cut a round hole in the wall, and crawled out.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Astronomers have known that active black holes release immense energy, but exactly how that energy travels across such enormous distances and changes along the way has remained unclear.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
"All the equipment has been almost completely destroyed. There are no windows left, and there are holes in the roofs. The blast furnaces have been almost completely ruined," Maksyshko complains.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
As a result, its surface is uneven, with holes, patches and the three-dimensional effects of the stitching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
You’d think someone as rich as King Barf would keep his castle in better repair, there were so many holes and loose stones.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Three years later, Kao holed up in a conference room to recount the Corner Bakery meeting to a group of four FBI agents and federal prosecutors.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
There’s an alternate universe where Taylor Tomlinson is a young adult fantasy author holed up in a cabin miles from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
It demands teamwork, whether aboard a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier or holed up in a bombed-out Iraqi city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
With the light fading on the Bernardus course in the Netherlands, Jennifer Kupcho holed a nerve-shredding putt from the edge of the 18th green to snatch a point and leave the teams tied at 8-8.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
“He’s holed up in his office right now with his security detail.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Ciganda continued her fine form from Friday, holing two long-range putts on the front nine to put the European pairing in the box seat.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
To write, Rosales went off the grid, holing up in a cabin in the woods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
That same night, Israel got a tip from ordinary Iranians that the leader of the feared Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, was holing up with his deputies in a tent in a wooded area in Tehran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Co-leader after 36 holes, Ko made bogey at the 12th and double bogey at the par-three 13th to stumble back before holing out from a bunker to birdie 14.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
“Ah, but you had the pleasure of holing up in this fine American establishment.”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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