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sinkhole

[singk-hohl] / ˈsɪŋkˌhoʊl /


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They’re trying to come to grips with the new reality when they both fall into a sinkhole and wake up in Nakali.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Fear is exactly what was struck in some Malibu residents since early Tuesday, when the sinkhole opened up in front of a beachside property owned by actor Nicolas Cage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

People living in an upmarket coastal stretch of Malibu were under an evacuation order Wednesday after a giant sinkhole opened up on the driveway of a beachfront home belonging to Oscar-winning US actor Nicolas Cage.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Aerial footage shows a massive sinkhole in front of a house in Malibu, California, reportedly belonging to US actor Nicolas Cage.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

It showed the whole campus, then it zeroed in on the field of portables and the focal point of the sinkhole.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

Elsewhere along Wemmer Pan Road are cracks and sinkholes from underground blasting by irregular miners digging under the city for gold and other minerals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The discovery of sinkholes near a railway bridge in south London has caused the suspension of train services on Sunday to Gatwick Airport and Brighton.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

In some tests, dye poured into sinkholes on the plateau traveled roughly 20 kilometers and appeared at springs in as little as a week.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026

During more than four decades as a private-equity investor, he swung from gushers of profit to sinkholes of red ink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025

Poisonous smoke and sinkholes and boiling geysers and terrible dangers every which way.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill




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