: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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Clips of groups sneaking in and out of Brooklyn manholes in the middle of the night have gone viral, sparking a police investigation and concern amongst locals across the city.
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Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Locked-down manhole lids Last year, AT&T recorded more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft nationwide — about 200 a week.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 3 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Incident was caught on camera Video obtained by CBS News New York shows at least seven men descending underground through a manhole on McDonald Avenue and Colin Lane in Flatbush late Thursday night.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Locked-down manhole lids Last year, AT&T recorded more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft nationwide — about 200 a week.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 3 June 2026
Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Incident was caught on camera Video obtained by CBS News New York shows at least seven men descending underground through a manhole on McDonald Avenue and Colin Lane in Flatbush late Thursday night.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 June 2026
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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manhole
noun
man·hole
ˈman-ˌhōl 
: a covered hole (as in a pavement, tank, or boiler) through which a worker may go
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