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[hohl] / hoʊl /




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The odd-looking waste management system looks a bit like a futuristic torture device, with a crenelated funnel and hose to suck up urine and a small, vacuum-sealed hole for defecating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Officials in Brussels say they are focused on plugging a 70-billion-euro hole in Kyiv's finances next year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

A student of traveling acts like the Harlem Globetrotters, Cirque du Soleil and the Grateful Dead, he concluded there was a hole for something wildly new in the sports entertainment market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"His loss has left a hole in our lives, he was the very best of all of us."

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

She was up instantly, clambering and working to get back up on top of the ice next to the hole.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

As one point he played 36 holes a day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Two of the black holes lie near the galaxy's center, separated by a projected distance of just 620 light-years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The discovery provides important evidence about how massive black holes came together in the young universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Walking was akin to avoiding land mines, stepping around and over rabbit holes and sheep manure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Along their route, manhole covers had been blown off by the force of the waves, turning the roads between buildings into an obstacle course of open holes lurking beneath the standing water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Jordan's Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told state-affiliated TV the attackers were all Jordanians and "had been holed up in a building in one of the villages near the site of the attack".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Three years later, Kao holed up in a conference room to recount the Corner Bakery meeting to a group of four FBI agents and federal prosecutors.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

There’s an alternate universe where Taylor Tomlinson is a young adult fantasy author holed up in a cabin miles from civilization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

With the light fading on the Bernardus course in the Netherlands, Jennifer Kupcho holed a nerve-shredding putt from the edge of the 18th green to snatch a point and leave the teams tied at 8-8.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

In the film, Dr. No, Bond battles a ruthless villain holed up on a Caribbean island with a secret weapon aimed at America.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Ciganda continued her fine form from Friday, holing two long-range putts on the front nine to put the European pairing in the box seat.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

To write, Rosales went off the grid, holing up in a cabin in the woods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

That same night, Israel got a tip from ordinary Iranians that the leader of the feared Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani, was holing up with his deputies in a tent in a wooded area in Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Co-leader after 36 holes, Ko made bogey at the 12th and double bogey at the par-three 13th to stumble back before holing out from a bunker to birdie 14.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

“Ah, but you had the pleasure of holing up in this fine American establishment.”

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken


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