hole
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Actor Nicolas Cage’s lavish Malibu mansion is facing a dramatic threat after a massive hole opened up where part of the property’s driveway once stood.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Just two years after the 62-year-old actor snapped up the modern 4,000-square-foot home, shocking images have revealed extensive damage outside the residence, with the collapse cracking open the sidewalk and leaving behind a gaping hole.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
“It’s a black hole in our knowledge,” said Pat Griffiths, spokesperson for the Red Cross in Jerusalem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
"For years, Minal and I had felt a big hole in our hearts. We feel like we've been completed. Everything now feels like it's supposed to be."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
As I treated them with ointment I decided to hole up until the weather eased a bit—I thought overnight.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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This part of the book has a pat feel to it, with square pegs occasionally jammed into round holes to support the author’s argument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
By pushing people to content they respond to emotionally, many say social media can drive us into "rabbit holes" that are difficult to escape.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
I read it cover to cover multiple times and you’d be surprised how it filled in many holes in the rock history residing in my then 17-year-old brain.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Their first character was a 'superhero dolt', with a cape and a habit of falling down holes.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He knew where all the best fishing holes were, and the right kind of bait to use.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
All very well – but Liverpool's opening draws against Newcastle United and Forest showed a fault which holed them below the waterline last season has not been addressed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The man who somehow got out to a Marnus Labuschagne bouncer in Sydney tamely holed out for 25 on Friday morning when there was an opportunity for a much bigger contribution.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
After the deaths of their parents, the aging bluebloods holed up in their stately Harlem rowhouse, once a picture of Gilded Age polish, and became a public curiosity.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
By now, Simon and the rest of the cast are holed up in the dressing rooms, so I say good-bye to Nora and follow Bram out through the atrium.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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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
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
“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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