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hollow

[hol-oh] / ˈhɒl oʊ /








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“What we are working toward is not a rejection of multilateralism, but putting clarity and results over inefficiency and hollow words,” a senior State Department official, Michael G. DeSombre, told the U.N.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Employees, alumni and donor Thomas L. Beckmen met Harding with a tunnel of boomwhackers — colorful, hollow tubes used to help children practice their rhythm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Standing about 25 inches tall, it likely had a toothless beak, large eye sockets, and hollow bones.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

If “The Christophers” is to be believed, art that tries to imitate a certain style is little more than hollow, emotionless posturing.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Fear formed a hollow place in his chest.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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