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Recent Examples of borehole
Case’s drilling concept generates the force needed for the tip from the peristaltic segments within the borehole.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
To tap into Earth’s energy, Eversource drilled 88 boreholes about 600 feet below ground and installed an intricate system of horizontal and vertical underground pipes.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
To tap into Earth’s energy, Eversource drilled 88 boreholes about 600 feet below ground and installed an intricate system of horizontal and vertical underground pipes.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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Human remains packed into 169 bags were discovered during excavations at a construction site in the city of Zapopan in February.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Wide view of Fordow enrichment complex showing recent excavation patterns and a trail of disturbed soil, indicating active recovery efforts.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Over the June The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite finally got their record highs on Friday after an impressive comeback from April trenches.—
Sara Salinas,Jacob Pramuk,Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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The government sent hundreds of F.B.I. agents, U.S. marshals, and others to the Wounded Knee trenches, armed with military equipment including armored personnel carriers and tear gas.—
Nick Estes,
New Yorker,
26 June 2025
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The eruption alert was raised Tuesday to the highest level and the danger zone where people are recommended to leave was expanded to about 5 miles from the crater.—
Handrianus Belutowe,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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That would present a rare opportunity for planetary scientists to watch an impact crater being created.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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If, as Israel maintains, Iran’s nuclear program has a hidden element, then surely that would not be housed in the same places where UN inspectors roam, and in the case of Fordow, over which there has been a public discussion for days of what American bombs might penetrate its deep caverns.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
22 June 2025
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An equally short walk away were the caverns with underground springs for adventurous bathers.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
11 June 2025
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It is said to have begun in the sixth century, when pilgrimages in honor of Haro’s patron saint, San Felice, were made to the caves where he was buried.—
Isabelle Rodney,
CNN Money,
29 June 2025
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Dug initially for chalk and flint, the caves were later used for a variety of purposes, including a World War II air-raid shelter that housed thousands of Londoners.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The most popular months for the park’s one million annual visitors, this is also the season when wildlife is most active; animals like alligators, deer, and wading birds congregate around lingering water holes.—
Matt Kirouac,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Jan. 2023
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The water hole was surrounded by palm trees and sand dunes during the late Cretaceous period, but since then, the environment has changed drastically.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Nampa Police Department warned drivers of delays along Orchard Avenue and Caldwell Boulevard on Tuesday after a sinkhole developed at the intersection of the two streets.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
24 June 2025
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Interstate 80 has fully reopened through New Jersey after months of repairs and delays due to sinkholes.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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Elsewhere, the long-range outlook from the Climate Prediction Center doesn't indicate any other storm development over the Atlantic hurricane basin, including the Caribbean, before July 8.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
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Testers maintained the sterilizer by wiping down the water basin after each use and occasionally washing the large bin.—
Olivia Campbell,
Parents,
24 June 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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