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Recent Examples of airhole
When handling a possum (or any wild mammal), wear protective gloves and place the animal gently in a secure container like a box with a lid and air holes.
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Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Each container comes with a lid that has a silicone sealing ring around the perimeter and a sealed air hole to keep everything fresh.
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Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
1 Dec. 2025
Chandler gets awfully cozy in his new digs (just don't cover his air hole).
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Gretchen Hansen,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
There are also air holes with grommets and air fresheners in it so your sweaty climbing shoes don't get super stank.
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Adrienne So,
Wired News,
22 Oct. 2025
About 7 or 8 pieces in the middle had the big holes and to each side there were others that a bit smaller air holes.
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Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Each container comes with a lid that has a silicone sealing ring around the perimeter and a sealed air hole to keep everything fresh.
—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
1 Dec. 2025
Chandler gets awfully cozy in his new digs (just don't cover his air hole).
—
Gretchen Hansen,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Nov. 2025
There are also air holes with grommets and air fresheners in it so your sweaty climbing shoes don't get super stank.
—
Adrienne So,
Wired News,
22 Oct. 2025
About 7 or 8 pieces in the middle had the big holes and to each side there were others that a bit smaller air holes.
—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airhole
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The result is that beaches to the south of the inlet deteriorate.
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An oceanside inlet dubbed Thunder Hole explodes with a plume of foamy surf as waves beat the shore.
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Sure enough, all tires were up and there were no obvious punctures or hissing sounds.
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Strike suffered a broken leg and a series of puncture wounds, WECT reports.
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Researchers analyzed data from 112,395 adults averaging 42 years of age, assessing their detailed dietary intake with an average follow-up of nearly eight years.
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This box includes lineup of produce and better-for-you grocery items aimed at helping consumers increase their fiber intake, according to the retailer's description.
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Line dance at lunch The line inside Boss Hog on Tuesday stretched from the ordering counter to the entrance, which isn’t saying much since, according to Catawba County property records, the entire building is about 1,200 square feet.
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The explosion at an apartment building entrance in Monaco occurred late Monday.
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An indirect viewing method, such as a pinhole projector to cast images of the Sun, can also be used to see the partial phases of the eclipse, NASA said.
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Erasures from his the poet’s journals narrate the speaker’s visit to his father in prison through the pinhole of what’s left of memory.
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The jealousy that emanates from every pore of this guy is uncontrollable.
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This pore-minimizing peel-off mask will help exfoliate and unclog stubborn blackheads or whiteheads.
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Harshita Nair, 21, and Mahial Sran, 20, were believed to have been sleeping at a keyhole arch between Panther Beach and Yellow Back Beach northeast of Santa Cruz on June 10 when they were caught by the high tide, according to a Santa Cruz County fire captain.
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There was something fundamentally literary about this endeavor; where else does writing come from, if not the desire to peer through the keyhole of someone else’s mind?
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Take, for instance, a wormhole, a theoretical bridge connecting two distant regions of space.
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Jon Stewart also made an appearance, explaining the wormhole was a metaphor, and Colbert reunited with his fellow late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver and Seth Meyers.
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“Airhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airhole. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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