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Recent Examples of borehole
The first borehole ultimately went down to 1,250 feet through a greater percentage of bedrock than the second, which only went to 850 feet.
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Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
Despite the large swath of the Midcontinent Rift through Iowa, Clark said the state geological survey, housed at the University of Iowa, has only 24 borehole samples that were drilled deep enough, and in the right location, to intersect the basalt of the Midcontinent Rift.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 17 Feb. 2026
For a study in PNAS Nexus, researchers tracked the effects of such shake-ups on microbes at the bottom of a 100-meter-deep borehole in Yellowstone National Park.
—Damien Pine, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
To create a hole reaching the Antarctic waters, scientists and engineers blasted a borehole around one foot in diameter and about 3,300 feet deep using hot water.
—Joe Wilkins Published Feb 4, Futurism, 4 Feb. 2026
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Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026
Despite the large swath of the Midcontinent Rift through Iowa, Clark said the state geological survey, housed at the University of Iowa, has only 24 borehole samples that were drilled deep enough, and in the right location, to intersect the basalt of the Midcontinent Rift.
—Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 17 Feb. 2026
For a study in PNAS Nexus, researchers tracked the effects of such shake-ups on microbes at the bottom of a 100-meter-deep borehole in Yellowstone National Park.
—Damien Pine, Scientific American, 9 Feb. 2026
To create a hole reaching the Antarctic waters, scientists and engineers blasted a borehole around one foot in diameter and about 3,300 feet deep using hot water.
—Joe Wilkins Published Feb 4, Futurism, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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Guests can still observe active excavation during the two-year museum closure — albeit from different vantage points — as researchers continue their work on site.—
Malia Mendez,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Paleontologists discovered the specimen in question almost 17 years ago during an excavation in South Africa’s Karoo Basin.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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It should have been called swamp or something like that…trench.—
Christine Terrisse,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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The work required felling primeval trees measuring six feet in diameter and digging a deep trench through the marsh to accommodate boat traffic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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During its 10-day excursion, the four-person crew traveled farther from Earth than any other humans — as well as witnessed a rare solar eclipse from deep space and observed a 600-mile-wide crater on the moon’s surface.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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On this day, the astronauts took the opportunity to name one previously unobserved crater after Reid Wiseman's late wife Carroll, and another after their Orion spacecraft, Integrity.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Located between the Sahara tent and the Do Lab, the Bunker is a gigantic subterranean cavern with room for 300 or so people — a dark and cool respite from the blazing Indio sun.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The caverns boast 4 miles of cave passages, as well as over 400 acres aboveground.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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That doesn’t mean the 77,100-acre oasis of craggy peaks, maze-like caves, and alpine lakes is any less enchanting.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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Located in the northeastern part of the Buckeye State, this day-use state park rocks similar rugged cliffs, cascading waterfalls, and caves without the overcrowded parking lots.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 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
Noun
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Cenotes are freshwater sinkhole caves formed from the collapse of limestone bedrock.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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This landscape is the quintessential Ozarks, with rolling hills and karst topography that forms caves, sinkholes, and springs in the bedrock.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts focused some of their observations on Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the moon’s near and far sides.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 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,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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