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Recent Examples of borehole
Some early projects in the pipeline include funding a borehole at a school in Cameroon, where children currently walk kilometers each week to fetch water, as well as initiatives in South Africa and Uganda.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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Bergstøl and other scientists will continue an archaeological excavation of the field.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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McKiddy, as well as Charlotte's daughters, attended an excavation in May 2025 in Fremont County near Thurman, Iowa, in which forensics teams and cadaver dogs searched for the bodies and wells McKiddy described.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Iranian cinema classics are a hot cinematic commodity these days in the indie trenches.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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Anne Hathaway turns heads in an oversized leopard trench in New York City on April 28.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Videos published on social media showed the aftermath of the explosion, with a deep crater blown in the center of the road.—
Annabella González,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Curiosity landed in a former lake bed called the Gale crater in 2012, and has been searching for signs of possible past life since.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Fire made the inhospitable conditions of caves more bearable, as caverns were often cold, dark, damp, and home to other residents like lions, bears, and hyenas, which had to be displaced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Back at Big Thunder, there will be other fresh surprises, including 2,000 bats added in the approach to the ride’s rainbow caverns.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Guests looking to escape the hustle of life are surrounded by 60 acres of redwood forests, with ocean views, caves, waterfalls, and hiking trails among it all.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
1 May 2026
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Around the same period, our ancestors began to more frequently occupy rock shelters and caves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 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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The sinkhole led to a mine abandoned in the 1950s.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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After heavy rainfall in the area, the sinkhole developed on the 96-year-old bridge in the 1600 block of John Brown Road, Franklin County public works director Jeff Welton told the outlet.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Observing tips The lunar disk is entirely bereft of shadows during the full moon phase, making this the perfect time to trace the outline of lunar maria — where lava flows filled colossal impact basins billions of years ago before hardening to form sweeping basaltic plains.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
1 May 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,
1 May 2026
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