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as in aperture
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
line up the pegs on section A with the holes in section B and press the two together
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as in pit
a sunken area forming a separate space
dig a hole big enough to plant the tree
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as in predicament
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
Bill dug himself into a hole by promising to be in two places at the same time
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as in dump
a dirty or messy place
when people see my room, they often ask, "How can you live in this hole?"
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as in gap
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
found a hole in the chain-link fence big enough to squeeze through
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as in void
an incomplete or deficient area
there's a huge hole in your logic
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as in to drill
to make a hole or series of holes in
holed the target with a round of shots
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Recent Examples of hole
ABC News,
22 June 2026
Next, dig a hole big enough for the fern plant and place it in.
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Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
22 June 2026
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
The flight attendants then attempted to solve the problem by shoving napkins inside the ceiling holes.
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Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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No matter how much refuse is gathered in the basket, optimal hole placement keeps water flowing and keeps dirty dish water from rising.
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ABC News,
22 June 2026
Next, dig a hole big enough for the fern plant and place it in.
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Sj McShane,
Martha Stewart,
22 June 2026
Verb
Justin Rose was outside the cut line on Friday until holing a chip from deep rough for eagle on his last hole to make it with one shot to spare.
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Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
The flight attendants then attempted to solve the problem by shoving napkins inside the ceiling holes.
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Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole
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If applicable, low apertures and wide-angle lenses can also help grab good shots of the natural phenomenon.
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And there's no question about which exposure mode you've got set at any time; it's shown (along with the aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and EV compensation) on the monochrome info display on the top plate.
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One of the most pit-dropping experiences is getting to your destination after a long-haul flight and not being able to use or charge any of your devices—something flight attendants can’t risk as people who consistently travel abroad.
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The spirit was fermented in earthen pits and distilled, a process that took a year across eight fermentations and seven distillations.
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The upshot of Yale’s report, which is by far the most self-critical of the three, is that administrators bear much of the responsibility for higher education’s current predicament.
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What to read next Once the initial excitement of weightlessness has worn off, the kids realize the true extent of their predicament.
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But Minnesota’s salary dump of Julius Randle last Monday took a chunk out of Brooklyn’s cap space and Chicago’s.
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Trae Young, who was drastically better than Acuff as a freshman at Oklahoma and made an All-NBA team, got traded this season in what was essentially a salary-cap dump.
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And that gap has real consequences.
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The donated jet was designed to bridge the gap until the other planes are ready.
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Recently, a giant egg appeared in a nest atop the pillar beside Pinky’s.
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Video posted by the preservation group from a camera aimed at the nest tree showed Sandy flying out of frame.
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After two devastating quakes, first responders were fishermen, doctors and emigres returning from abroad — a grassroots campaign filling a government void.
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It was meant to fill a void in a fragmented and historically slow infrastructure.
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Lo Celso scored on a free kick; Martinez drilled a penalty kick after Julian Alvarez was kicked in the face while attempting a header.
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The Mets nearly answered against Wheeler in the bottom of the first, as Soto — with a runner on first base — drilled a 397-foot drive to right-center.
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“Hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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