porthole
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Evidence of postholes indicates that structures once stood there as well,
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In January 2019, archaeologists began to uncover a rectangular timber structure made up of 144 surviving timbers, with postholes around it, which could have been "scaffolds" or galleried seating.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2020
While he found evidence of postholes and a type of well, Emerson did not find a particular type of treasure he was looking for: evidence of African culture.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2019
The mystery began in 2010, when archaeologists found a series of postholes that formed a rectangle approximately the size of a church.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2015
Neumann One brakes, and Volkheimer postholes out into the snow, speaks to a guard, and wades in among the prisoners, usually wearing only a shirt against the cold.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing porthole
"Rogue Wave," Vocabulary from the short story
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"Rogue Wave" by Theodore Taylor
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