: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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The City’s Department of Public Works’ Office of Emergency Management said, in a news release sent out early Friday morning, initial assessments found smoke from multiple manhole covers and fire emitting from one cover.
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Caitlyn Freeman, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
Jennifer Metoyer, who also hit the loose manhole cover that day, was driving a sedan.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
When rain or melted snow mix with the salt used to melt ice on the roads, that mixture seeps into manholes and can corrode the wiring buried below.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
In what may be the most clichéd damsel-in-distress scene in any rom-com, wedding planner Mary Fiore (Jennifer Lopez) gets her Gucci heel stuck in a manhole cover at the same exact moment a rogue dumpster is barreling down a hilly San Francisco street, heading right toward her.
—Cristina Everett, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024
About two-thirds of the way up the block in the near, downtown lane was a manhole cover.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
And yet, several are popping up throughout the city, most of which appear to be manhole fires.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
Work included the installation of approximately 2,325 feet of 8-inch water main lines, valves and fire hydrants, new piping for water service to 31 connections, concrete manholes and sewer piping.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
In 2016, Nico Rosberg ran over a manhole cover at Monaco and the cover flew up and hit Jenson Button's car, causing extensive damage to Button's McLaren.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
Caitlyn Freeman, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
Jennifer Metoyer, who also hit the loose manhole cover that day, was driving a sedan.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
When rain or melted snow mix with the salt used to melt ice on the roads, that mixture seeps into manholes and can corrode the wiring buried below.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
In what may be the most clichéd damsel-in-distress scene in any rom-com, wedding planner Mary Fiore (Jennifer Lopez) gets her Gucci heel stuck in a manhole cover at the same exact moment a rogue dumpster is barreling down a hilly San Francisco street, heading right toward her.
—Cristina Everett, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024
About two-thirds of the way up the block in the near, downtown lane was a manhole cover.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
And yet, several are popping up throughout the city, most of which appear to be manhole fires.
—Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
Work included the installation of approximately 2,325 feet of 8-inch water main lines, valves and fire hydrants, new piping for water service to 31 connections, concrete manholes and sewer piping.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
In 2016, Nico Rosberg ran over a manhole cover at Monaco and the cover flew up and hit Jenson Button's car, causing extensive damage to Button's McLaren.
—CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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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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