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"During the initial search, we had examined the walls, checking for hollow spaces," said Sainte.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"At a time when both international law and justice are under attack, when too many states attempt to hollow them out, her Nobel Peace Prize could not come at a better time," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When researchers dissected the plants, they discovered that a species of predatory wasp was using the hollow chambers for an entirely different purpose.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The shoes are known for their clean design, lightweight feel and unmistakable soles, including some with those hollow pods that resemble a toothy smile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Now, finally, the FBI was able to decipher the hollow nickel message that had baffled them for four years.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

A nation that teaches fear as a civic virtue hollows itself out from within.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

It couldn’t be, though: we were inside a loop, where hollows couldn’t go.

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

Itgen isn’t sure why larger genomes lead to hollower hearts.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2022

In Kong: Skull Island, he’s bigger—much bigger, so much so that he could stand eye-to-antenna with the Empire State Building without needing to scale it—but he’s hollower, too.

From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2017

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

For the first time this Spanish custom, which really seems picturesque and fraternal when coming from shepherds or muleteers in a mountain inn, struck me as the hollowest of forms.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various

He comes from Erin's speechful shore Like fervid kettle, bubbling o'er   With hot effusions—hot and weak; Sound, Humbug, all your hollowest drums, He comes, of Erin's martyrdoms   To Britain's well-fed Church to speak.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti

Earlier this month, Burnham promised to revitalise Britain's "hollowed out" high streets by helping councils block new vaping and betting shops.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Once a byword for joyful excess, Havana has been hollowed by blackouts, departures and deep uncertainty about its future.

From Barron's ● Aug. 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

It can’t, because the institutions that might anchor it—codified term limits, intraparty democracy, collective leadership norms—were either never established or were already hollowed out before he arrived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He hollowed something in their language and everybody began to pipe down just a hair.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

Everybody was whooping and hollowing and I kicked my legs to get down but I couldn’t because Mama had a hold of me so tight it was hurting my arm.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver