sinkhole
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The goal is to better understand the geological processes that influence sinkhole formation, disappearing streams, and underground water movement.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
Homes have been evacuated after a sinkhole believed to be from an old mine opened up and swallowed a road sweeper.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
Rev Fillery said the 300-year-old tomb had caved "quite suddenly" into a "large sinkhole".
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
“I can’t move Midnight closer. Who knows where the sinkhole begins?”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Vocabulary lists containing sinkhole
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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Earth Science - Introductory
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