sinkhole
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The leak was stopped after a few hours, leaving a giant sinkhole in the middle of Sunset Boulevard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
One fan posted, “Lord let the sinkhole take me instead but not Dialog Cafe!!!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
"In some areas, you'll find a different sinkhole every 100 meters," says Lazaro Viñola López, a postdoctoral researcher at the Field Museum in Chicago and the study's lead author.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
The driver of the road sweeper, whose vehicle fell down the sinkhole, was unharmed.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Some of those guys must have been ten feet below ground level at this point, and the sinkhole was still deepening and spreading.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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
Network Rail said engineers discovered a number of sinkholes on a bridge south of the station during planned engineering work on the lines outside Purley, and "urgent repairs" were needed.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Runoff from wildfire burn areas or bacteria such as E. coli could enter sinkholes connected to Roaring Springs Cave and reach the water supply.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
What’s only starting to become clear is that the companies are also sinkholes for AI losses that are the flip side of chunks of the public-company profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The region does have permanently water-filled swamps, sinkholes, and lakes, but often these are too salty to drink or use for irrigation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Earth Science - Middle School
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