hole
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One of the biggest obstacles to a black hole splitting comes from thermodynamics, the branch of physics that governs how energy behaves and how physical systems change.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Traders in leveraged ETFs can quickly find themselves deep in a hole that’s difficult to climb out from when their bets go the wrong way.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
You walk down the street with him and there’s a bunch of ConEd guys digging a hole in the street — you think, “Uh-oh, these guys are gonna want him to sign their jackhammer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
For remaining skeptics, the hybrid’s ace in the hole is its 10-year, 100,000-mile limited warranty, including the hybrid works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
I watched him crawl to the lip of the breathing hole and not move for a while.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Physicists have already identified objects resembling black holes in some of these theoretical models that can become unstable and start breaking apart.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
To construct it, researchers drilled deep holes and lowered long strings of sensitive light detectors called photomultiplier tubes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
The brand-new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is supposed to complete a groundbreaking “survey” of the universe, the most comprehensive catalog of its galaxies, asteroids, supernovas and black holes ever completed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Binance hack shines a light through the holes in cybersecurity on crypto exchanges and the insurance coverage they may or may not have.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The idea is to shoot the gophers as they pop up out of their holes, but as I watch the guy ahead of me, my heart sinks.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
He spent much of the weekend holed up in Wilkinson’s Washington offices, where lawyers took turns role-playing as the judge and peppering lawyers with the toughest questions they could devise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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
But Mike Burry was holed up in his office in San Jose, California, and wasn’t talking to anyone.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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
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
But after holing up Sunday in his apartment 90 steps from the beach in the historic Zona Romantica, Eure was ready to venture outside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 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
“The two of you should be exercising your bodies instead of holing up in this stuffy room reading,” Amelia said.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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