porthole
Example Sentences
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Khomeini, then 76, needed a new bolthole after being expelled from his exiled base in the Iraqi city of Najaf by the country's dictator Saddam Hussein.
From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026
The former owners sold up as they were said to no longer require a London bolthole.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2023
After a journey to various bunkers, including billionaire Peter Thiel’s luxury New Zealand bolthole, O’Connell finds a deeper solace in the way in which children connect with, rather than retreat from, the world.
From Nature • Apr. 23, 2020
"High profile, very wealthy people from the northern hemisphere have sought to gain access to New Zealand residency as a bolthole and there have been reasons, of course," says professor Paul Spoonley of Massey University.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2018
Lorenzo decided to follow the woman, and left by the bolthole the tavern keeper had shown him.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
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"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Rogue Wave" by Theodore Taylor
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