gaping

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Immigrant banks such as Jarmulowsky’s, the author writes, “were fundamentally American businesses, interested in reaping profits within the capitalist system by filling a gaping hole: serving the foreign-born.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

If we may: What gaping security issue are we really talking about here, anyway?

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

"There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

Even the young children, some of whom Pinmei recognized from her past visits, were strangely silent, gaping at them with hollowed eyes.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin