hole
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"I got into a little bit of a rabbit hole with scrutiny and social media when I was at the IPL," says Brook.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He told the conference: "We discovered what we think is a black hole merging with a massive companion star, shredding it into a disk that feeds the black hole. It's a rare and awe-inspiring phenomenon."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
She published a photo of a bullet hole in her car’s rear bumper—and a defiant manifesto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
On Friday, the Dodgers pulled ahead by flexing their power-hitting ability — the main hole in the fundamentally sound Brewers’ game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“I was wondering,” Duane began, “perhaps you could encourage larger fish to come by if you cut your fishing hole a little bit wider?”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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The on-course form looked to be following the rankings as Whaley slipped two down after the opening 18 holes in Sunday's 36-hole encounter.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
So, on Sept. 25, 1974, Jobe took a tendon from John’s right arm, threaded it through holes he had drilled in John’s left elbow and hoped it all would work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Prepare the vegetables: Grate the summer squash on the large holes of a box grater.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among them are catalogs covering black holes, stars, and interstellar gas, along with new visualizations and scientific tools designed to help users explore the enormous dataset.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Inside, the store was dark except for a few columns of daylight shining down from holes in the ceiling.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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After the deaths of their parents, the aging bluebloods holed up in their stately Harlem rowhouse, once a picture of Gilded Age polish, and became a public curiosity.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
With nearly a 1:1 ratio of engineers to bankers, it’s a far cry from how many Wall Street firms position engineers, who are often holed up in New Jersey back offices, Eldarov said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He missed a three-footer at the eighth for birdie, but finally holed a birdie putt on the par-four ninth after driving the green to finish one over at the turn.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
He hit wedge over where the gallery had been standing and holed an 18-foot putt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
We holed up just as Barometer was yanking his way home, and it was none too soon.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The sight of Player holing birdie putts and celebrating by lifting one young fan into his arms, contrasted superbly with nine-year-old Frankie Fleetwood's focus and determination to clear the water and hit the ninth green.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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
But after holing up Sunday in his apartment 90 steps from the beach in the historic Zona Romantica, Eure was ready to venture outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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
We were holing up for the night at a Holiday Inn Express next to the interstate, with Barack leaving for Missouri the next day and the girls and I headed home to Chicago.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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