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hole

[hohl] / hoʊl /




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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

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

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

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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