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gaping

ADJECTIVE
wide open
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Everyone outside Los Angeles blames them — nothing personal, mind you, but as a symbol of the gaping financial disparity in baseball and a trigger for the almost certain lockout to follow the World Series.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Around the base of the vents, he found a family of rodents and their droppings, along with gaping holes under the eaves of the roofline that allowed them inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

He replied, “The vacuum” — the gaping void where his career used to be.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

She said the scar had not healed and there was a "gaping hole", and the implant site was infected.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Behind the gaping curtain lay the bookstore’s actual window, with the Giddy-Yap, Rainbow! books on cheerful display.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood