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Recent Examples of borehole
The Pacific challenge aims to raise awareness and funding to build boreholes for the whole of the Ambohimanarina municipality in Madagascar, where currently only 14% of the population has access to safe, clean drinking water.
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
There will be geothermal underfloor heating throughout—the heat for this and the hot water will be obtained from boreholes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The 1,000-feet-deep boreholes or wells will connect buildings in the industrial park to steady underground temperatures.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
This is achieved in part through extensive rooftop solar arrays with batteries, together with underground borehole energy storage for heating and cooling.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
There will be geothermal underfloor heating throughout—the heat for this and the hot water will be obtained from boreholes.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The 1,000-feet-deep boreholes or wells will connect buildings in the industrial park to steady underground temperatures.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
This is achieved in part through extensive rooftop solar arrays with batteries, together with underground borehole energy storage for heating and cooling.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
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Gökçen Kurtuluş Öztaşkın, a professor at Pamukkale University in Turkey, told AA that archaeologists also found a Byzantine church with mosaics made of pebbles during their excavation of Olympus, as well as ancient cemeteries and houses.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Cultural Terrace bid, awarded March 26, 2024, had 29 cubic yards of hydrocarbon contaminated soil for excavation and disposal, according to the city’s bid documents.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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Add a blazer, cardigan, or trench on top—this piece is pure versatility with a side of glam.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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Although further studies – such as carbon dating – are needed to determine its exact age, the team estimated the crater’s formation period by analyzing its geological structure and the extent of erosion.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Warriors took down the Nuggets, 137-131, on Thursday, clawing their way back from a 14-point crater, surviving a 50-point explosion from San Jose’s Aaron Gordon, and somehow shrugging off yet another triple-double from Jokic.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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Housed inside a former bowling alley, this colorful cavern of cottons and bolts has become a destination for crafters everywhere.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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During the winter months, golden eagles and bald eagles are seen around the cavern area too.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Just one of those caves, known as the Tour Cave, is open to the public.—
Matt Alderton,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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As the unloved surviving son of a cruel father, he was approached by a wizard who offered him gold to secretly feed a mysterious hedgehog-faced monster in a cave.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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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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Kinser's remains, with a bullet hole in his skull, were discovered the following September in a sinkhole in the woods by two teenagers collecting firewood, per the Exoneration Registry.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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And finally… Several people made a lucky escape after a huge sinkhole opened in Bangkok.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Upon stepping inside through the full-height entry door, the kitchen counter with sink basin is located to the right.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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Melissa ripped across Jamaica with torrential rain and rough winds after making landfall on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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