sinkhole

Example Sentences

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When I visited the site in March, a biker zooming by craned his neck to call out, "Check out that sinkhole!"

From Salon

In the early days of Mannie’s Alzheimer’s, she said, it was as if they’d hit a sinkhole, then climb out to find steady ground “until suddenly there is another place where the ground gives way.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s also led Florida into a financial sinkhole.

From Los Angeles Times

“You cannot trip without falling into a cave or sinkhole, sometimes literally.”

From Science Magazine

Third Avenue is mostly a sinkhole of boarded-up storefronts that once generated taxes for the city and a street of troubles.

From Seattle Times