hollow
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A Google spokesperson said its call for public feedback isn’t hollow, and it wants to ensure it can tailor its approach to help the specific needs of the community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
That rings hollow if F1 shrugs off who it is partnering with.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"During the initial search, we had examined the walls, checking for hollow spaces," said Sainte.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Once the lava drains away, it can leave behind hollow tunnels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
To his delight, the foggy glass had done well to cover his eye hollow.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Bigger trees are also more likely to form hollows – a critical and declining habitat for rare species such as the greater glider and Leadbeater’s possum.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
“A persistent contraction of this kind hollows out the pipeline of future experienced workers, causing declines in aggregate productivity as well as imposing cohort-specific scarring.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The second species is the ring-tailed glider, and just like its Australian cousin the greater glider, it lives in the hollows of tall trees.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Abandoning a cult is relatively easy compared to unplugging from a hive; although deprogramming can be an arduous process, a hive mind hollows out everything but our skins.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
I knew that was true, but I also knew the hollows would tear apart anything in their path, including a couple of normal girls.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
It’s hollower than a tweet asking for thoughts and prayers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
Were the words that the cast spoke and sung hollower than they’d been 2½ weeks ago?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
His assurances of restraint, dubious from the start, now ring hollower than ever.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2022
Itgen isn’t sure why larger genomes lead to hollower hearts.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022
Then the clicking of its spikes against the stone suddenly turned into a deeper, hollower sound.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
In a world sorely lacking global leadership, champions of human rights stand poised to earn only the hollowest of victories.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2018
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated for the presidential race, but it was the hollowest of victories.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2018
And philosophic literature will often seem to me the hollowest thing.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
Folk had picked one or the other to win freakishly—on hunches of all sorts, tips of all manners, pure fancy, or “inside information” of the hollowest sort.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
He laid his hand on my back, whereat I groaned my hollowest.
From Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
Head over heels in love with a man she met online, Helen's mother hollowed out a book and put £10,000 cash inside.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Years of economic crisis, underinvestment and political turmoil have hollowed out once thriving communities, with many homes left empty thanks to mass emigration.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Just as sanctions hollowed out Iran’s defenses, they left the country’s economy brittle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Second, it hollowed out Congress’ power to enforce our constitutional promise of racial equality at the polls, insisting that Congress lacked the power to do more than prohibit purposeful racial discrimination.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
He was so close to me I could have touched him—he was beautiful in the flesh, hollowed out and coiled like a spring, nervous energy radiating off him.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Others, including Goldman’s Garrett, believe the hollowing out of the market is a risk worth monitoring.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
This was supposed to set out details of defence spending to modernise the military and reverse what he had called "the hollowing out" of the armed forces.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Other credit bureaus are noting a similar hollowing out of the middle.
From MarketWatch ● May 4, 2026
The hollowing out of military veterans from the government, particularly those with the most experience, only increases the importance of defense contractors who are following appropriate procedure.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026
I made a place for fire in the floor of my house, hollowing it out and lining it with rocks.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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