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Recent Examples of borehole
On Thwaites itself, part of the team will try today to drop a fiber-optic cable through a 3,200-foot borehole in the ice, near the glacier’s grounding line, where the ocean is eating away at it from below.
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Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Deep Fission’s early regulatory filings acknowledge these challenges, noting that the deep borehole complicates compliance around monitoring and visual inspection, and that additional guidance will be required for remote operation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2025
In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an eight-hundred-and-thirty-four-unit apartment complex that’s under construction has its heating and cooling provided through three hundred boreholes, none much deeper than about a hundred and fifty metres.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
The methodology, called deep borehole disposal, is achieved by drilling 18-inch vertical tunnels thousands of feet below ground, then turning horizontal.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Christian Elliott, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Deep Fission’s early regulatory filings acknowledge these challenges, noting that the deep borehole complicates compliance around monitoring and visual inspection, and that additional guidance will be required for remote operation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2025
In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an eight-hundred-and-thirty-four-unit apartment complex that’s under construction has its heating and cooling provided through three hundred boreholes, none much deeper than about a hundred and fifty metres.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
The methodology, called deep borehole disposal, is achieved by drilling 18-inch vertical tunnels thousands of feet below ground, then turning horizontal.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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If your pup treats their bed like an excavation site or a full-on chew toy, choose durability-first designs.—
Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Over a century of excavation, paleontologists have glimpsed a valley full of conifers that were apparently teeming with vegetarians, says Amy Henrici, a retired Carnegie Museum of Natural History paleontology collection manager, who was not involved in the new research.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The district has 56 poles and 7,500 linear feet of overhead conversion to 11,165 linear feet of underground trench spanning 227 properties, according to a council agenda report.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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Whether through bold color, like a crimson red trench, or thoughtful updates to classic silhouettes, such as their bestselling scarf coat with wraparound fringing (as seen here on Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo), the label knows how to balance statement with wearability.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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Her mind was blurry and her heart felt like a deep crater with something lurking at the bottom of it.—
Mary Gaitskill,
New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2026
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The 100-acre limestone cavern has more than 17 miles of underground passageways and is home to Mega Zip Lines tour, Mega Quest ropes course, Mega Walking tours and Mega Tram tours.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Feb. 2026
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This extensive network of limestone caverns and underground waterways carved by the Río Camuy will reopen to the public in 2026, after being closed due to Hurricane Maria and then closed again after Hurricane Fiona.—
Kathleen Rellihan,
Outside,
10 Feb. 2026
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Part of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, this trail is a geological wonderland, boasting hexagonal rock columns and secret caves that wouldn't look out of place in a dinosaur's backyard.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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As the 14-year-old child of a poor family in 1858, Saint Bernadette experienced numerous apparitions of a young woman in a cave or grotto, seemingly the Virgin Mary, asking for a chapel to be built on the site.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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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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Concern over the safety of Osaka’s waterworks systems grew after a massive sinkhole swallowed a truck and killed the driver last year.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The dump truck was swallowed up by the second sinkhole to open in two days at Summit Avenue and Lewis Street.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Now, scientists want to determine when other impact craters formed on the moon — especially the South Pole-Aitken basin.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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To do that, fill a bathtub or large basin with warm water and add one cup baking soda, one cup white vinegar, and a small amount of detergent.—
Farima Ferguson,
The Spruce,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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