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Recent Examples of borehole
In a new study published in Science this month, an international team of researchers lowered a fiber-optic cable almost one mile down into a borehole in the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS), the largest ice stream in the Greenland ice sheet.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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Heavy excavation machines bash giant concrete blocks into more manageable chunks, before grinders pulverize the material into 1- to 3-inch rocks, which can be recycled.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Fox News Digital spoke with Andrea White, a city archaeologist in St. Augustine, Florida, about the excavation.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Having survived the World War I trenches and Chicago gangland, the brothers return after seven years to their segregated Mississippi Delta hometown, Clarksdale.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2025
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One of the samples was dug from a scar-like trench called Wessex Cleft and the other from the bottom of a young crater rim in South Massif.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The crater where the city once stood was known as the Malthee Crater, which seems like it might be related to the Maltheen Divide.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Curiosity mission started near the bottom of the crater, at the base of a formation called Aeolis Mons, or Mount Sharp, where NASA expected to find the earliest geological samples.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 Apr. 2025
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The valley blanketed in trees and speckled with caves and caverns combines with the peaks and hills surrounding it to create an outdoor lover’s paradise.—
Jennifer Stewart Kornegay,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2025
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Over eons, water dissolved the calcium carbonate, etching deep fissures and caverns into the stone.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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To investigate the origins of the ancient religion, Singh travels to the Mentawai archipelago in Indonesia, a cave in southwest France, and the northwest Amazon.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
1 May 2025
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The property includes separate children’s and teen’s clubs with programming that ranges from cave art and treehouse adventures to music studios and private screening spaces.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Water Holes Canyon The name Water Holes Canyon is a bit fanciful as there no significant permanent water holes here.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Nov. 2024
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Arizona animal control officer rescues dog from a sinkhole An animal control officer in Yavapai County, Arizona, rescues a dog believed to be stuck in an over 10-foot-deep sinkhole for about two days.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The first sinkhole opened and was repaired in December.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Going towards more than 900 infiltration basins, nearly 300 rain gardens and more than 200 new trees, the investment will absorb 122.5 million gallons of rainwater, the equivalent of 184 Olympic-sized swimming pools.—
Jeff Roth,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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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 Apr. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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