sinkhole
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They were also astonished to discover a massive, vertical sinkhole called a blue hole, 75km south of a bank called Grand Turk, that formed when a cave collapsed inwards.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Homes have been evacuated after a sinkhole believed to be from an old mine opened up and swallowed a road sweeper.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
The Daisetta sinkhole opened in 2008, “swallowing oil tanks, trees, telephone poles and several cars,” according to a report in the Dallas Morning News.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
"Boy," he said, "I understand that you not only carried Mr. Norton out to the Quarters but that you wound up at that sinkhole, that Golden Day."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Earth Science - Middle School
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