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[hohl] / hoʊl /




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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

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

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

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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