gaping

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“Another Dimension” is his answer to the years of rejection, pain and incandescent ire, but transmuted into a vibrant, avant-garde, genre-defying gaping wound found within 11 tight tracks.

From Salon • Jun. 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

At Neom, the planned futuristic city that called for two 1,600-foot skyscrapers running 106 miles, officials had already been quietly ratcheting back plans, leaving a gaping 75-mile trench across the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But there was at least one gaping hole no big-time professional investor filled.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis