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Recent Examples of borehole
And, in those cases, a new borehole would need to be drilled from the surface that bypasses the obstacle.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Baltzer’s Deep Isolation specializes in deep borehole technology, a method long seen as a viable way to permanently ditch nuclear waste.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Also, GreenLight was found to be out of compliance with state statutes when one borehole was left unfilled, creating the potential for water carrying contaminants to flow from one aquifer to another.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Another safety feature is the fact that placing the borehole in a stable area and drilling deep beyond the water table means the reactor is essentially self-disposing.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Baltzer’s Deep Isolation specializes in deep borehole technology, a method long seen as a viable way to permanently ditch nuclear waste.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Also, GreenLight was found to be out of compliance with state statutes when one borehole was left unfilled, creating the potential for water carrying contaminants to flow from one aquifer to another.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Another safety feature is the fact that placing the borehole in a stable area and drilling deep beyond the water table means the reactor is essentially self-disposing.
—New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
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The excavation, first reported by Oregon Public Broadcasting, was a special collaboration with the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) and the Oregon Historical Society.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Dooley had been calling himself a maritime archaeologist for more than a decade but had yet to conduct a by-the-book excavation of any kind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Try adding a sweeping trench or pea coat and opt for knee-high boots.—
Amber Rambharose,
InStyle,
31 Jan. 2026
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Instead of a classic camel hue, embrace the season’s deeper tones like this olive trench from Everlane.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The crater is named after yet another famous Greek philosopher and astronomer, Aristotle, who lived from 384 to 322 BC.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Each vine is planted at the bottom of its own crater and protected by a curved wall of lava stones.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Located at the base of a 100-foot water drainage pipe, the sprawling secret cavern also contained a home gym, armchair and television.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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That wedge became a cavern when Ireland accompanied Ross on a flight to California to court Jim Harbaugh as the head coach, despite the fact Sparano was still employed in that role.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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During the prohibition era, the cave used trap doors and movable brick walls to hide liquor from law enforcement.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Kick things off with the calamari fritti, equal parts crispy and airy, the kind of starter that will make even your anti-fried-food friend cave.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 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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Is Mark Zuckerberg constructing a gold mine or a financial sinkhole?—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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An investigation is underway in Broward County after officials said a construction vehicle hit a fire hydrant, flooding a road and causing a sinkhole to open.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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These reflective masses of relatively young material were deposited many millions of years ago during cataclysmic asteroid strikes that excavated vast basins on the lunar surface.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Benefits include economies of scale, which would help control costs within a depressed price environment for crude, as well as securing additional resources at a time when many shale basins are maturing and new prime development land is at a premium.—
Reuters,
Reuters,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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