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Recent Examples of borehole
This is achieved in part through extensive rooftop solar arrays with batteries, together with underground borehole energy storage for heating and cooling.
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
State officials have said that the first facilities to divert water in the Strawberry Creek watershed were built in 1929, and the system expanded over the years as additional boreholes were drilled into the mountainside.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
First, by better understanding borehole design, engineers have more flexibility in choosing conduit materials to match the standards for particular environments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Germany spent the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion euro on its own version in the late 80s, but the German Continental Deep Drilling Program, or KTB borehole, only got to 9,101 m (29,859 ft) before terminating.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
State officials have said that the first facilities to divert water in the Strawberry Creek watershed were built in 1929, and the system expanded over the years as additional boreholes were drilled into the mountainside.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
First, by better understanding borehole design, engineers have more flexibility in choosing conduit materials to match the standards for particular environments.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Germany spent the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion euro on its own version in the late 80s, but the German Continental Deep Drilling Program, or KTB borehole, only got to 9,101 m (29,859 ft) before terminating.
—New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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This new exhibit explores the city and the historic excavation in equal measure.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Before the most recent excavation, archaeologists had found 17 of these tombs.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This off-white cropped trench jacket is designed for easy layering and is nearly half off today.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This photo was taken at the Soroya Ridge, southeast of the Jezero crater.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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From there, at least, NASA will have a good view of Chinese astronauts exploring craters for water ice and building an outpost at the south pole.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Yeo considers Benjamin Moore’s Sea Salt CSP-95 a neutral that can easily bridge the cavern between warm and cool tones.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Very, very few people have been allowed into the Chauvet cave in Southeastern France since it was discovered in 1994 and found to contain ancient cave paintings dating back more than 30,000 years.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has sea caves to explore on kayaks.—
Jeffrey C. Hallo,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Around a million years ago, a sinkhole opened, turning the Cedar Creek waterway into an underground river.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jaime said workers also repaired a sewer line collapse that created a sinkhole behind the Edison High baseball field.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cork comes from the spongy bark of the cork oak tree, which is primarily grown and harvested in the Mediterranean basin.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Most of the basin was refilled in no more than two years — and perhaps in as little time as a few months — with the water deepening about ten meters a day at its peak.—
Elizabeth Fernandez,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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