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[hohl] / hoʊl /






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"He caught up quickly because he devoted his whole life to it, for every waking hour and then some."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

We’re given to understand that losing this case might mean the end of the firm, and the whole business puts a strain on their basically very good union.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

He's urged the EU as a whole to improve relations with China since Donald Trump's re-election two years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“If I were to listen to what consumers said, I would offer healthy pizzas, or like whole grain pizzas, and things that really most consumers don’t want from a pizza experience,” Jordan said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

I lasted a whole seven seconds before I broke.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Even so, it is the act of assembling disparate icons and references into resonant wholes that affords Saar’s sculptures and tableaux their personal and political import.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Food, trinkets and paper offerings are also extended to ancestors or deities, including wholes chickens, fruit, tea, sculptures, incense and candles.

From Fox News ● Jan. 27, 2022

Fragments force quick reading, ask for impressionistic understanding, and suggest parts rather than wholes.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Rather than meander every which way, Mann’s latest water ribbons coalesce into dazzling wholes.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021

As wholes, or parts, with movement or just motionless figures, with special attention to the color spots or ignoring them, with lots of ideas or just a few stereotyped responses.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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