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There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.

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The crew explodes in cheering, celebration, and laughter—but it feels hollow as I look at Autumn.

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This time they hid the boat in a hollow among the roots of an enormous tree.

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She taught him—by demonstrating—to seek shelter in caves or hollow trees when the weather was icy cold.

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Divers harvesting sponges on the ocean floor using only a hollow reed to breathe through remained a prime industry on the Greek islands.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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