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Recent Examples of borehole
The Pacific challenge aims to raise awareness and funding to build boreholes for the whole of the Ambohimanarina municipality in Madagascar, where currently only 14% of the population has access to safe, clean drinking water.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
There will be geothermal underfloor heating throughout—the heat for this and the hot water will be obtained from boreholes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The 1,000-feet-deep boreholes or wells will connect buildings in the industrial park to steady underground temperatures.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
This is achieved in part through extensive rooftop solar arrays with batteries, together with underground borehole energy storage for heating and cooling.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
There will be geothermal underfloor heating throughout—the heat for this and the hot water will be obtained from boreholes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The 1,000-feet-deep boreholes or wells will connect buildings in the industrial park to steady underground temperatures.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
This is achieved in part through extensive rooftop solar arrays with batteries, together with underground borehole energy storage for heating and cooling.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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The excavation process has been purposefully slow to avoid further collapse, and rescue forces have worked in shifts to carefully remove the debris.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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In 2009, in a salvage excavation in Nazareth, there was yet another significant but unexpected discovery in connection with the construction of the International Marian Center, just across the street from the Church of the Annunciation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ultimately, some in the Hollywood trenches see the reaction to Tilly as overblown.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The resulting microplastics are so widespread, they’re found in places as remote as ocean trenches and as close as human breast milk.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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Apparently, the crater walls somehow prevent these storms from forming, and Allison thinks the area could have clean air and water.—
Mike Miller,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Toba supereruption ejected 672 cubic miles (2,800 km³) of volcanic ash into the stratosphere, producing an enormous crater roughly 1,000 football fields in length (62 x 18 miles, or 100 x 30 kilometers).—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2025
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With a cool, constant temperature of 54 degrees, the caverns are a perfect year-round adventure.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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The subterranean spa, enveloped in a neutral stone, exudes a tranquil, cavern-like atmosphere, while Little Monogram—a playful, interactive space complete with a ball pit—was expressly created for children under seven.—
Katie Chang,
AFAR Media,
22 Sep. 2025
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Leaving the cave The cantor stands to lead the congregation in prayer, which will be followed by a ritualistic chanting of Acheinu.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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His most recent film for Amazon was Thirteen Lives, which told the incredible rescue of the youth soccer team trapped in a cave in Thailand.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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For them, luxury is watching elephants drink at the water hole under moonlight or waking up to hear lion roars in the distance.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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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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And finally… Several people made a lucky escape after a huge sinkhole opened in Bangkok.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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No deaths or injuries were reported due to the sinkhole, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Inter basin transfers created the illusion of abundance.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Looking forward, there are two more areas for potential tropical development in the Atlantic basin in early October.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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