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Recent Examples of borehole
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
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Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
To tap into Earth’s energy, Eversource drilled 88 boreholes about 600 feet below ground and installed an intricate system of horizontal and vertical underground pipes.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
To tap into Earth’s energy, Eversource drilled 88 boreholes about 600 feet below ground and installed an intricate system of horizontal and vertical underground pipes.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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In Britain, the Bronze Age lasted from 2500 B.C. to roughly 800 B.C. The excavation took place on the construction site of Europa Way.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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While the excavation of a home in Pompeii was underway, a large entrance hall leading to an atrium, a bedroom and a banquet hall were found.—
Caitlyn Frolo,
Baltimore Sun,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The force can carve a trench into the sand below you and create a rip current, a fast-moving channel of water that will haul your unsuspecting ass out to sea.—
Ryan Knighton,
AFAR Media,
12 May 2025
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Kent just came back inside after digging trenches along the side of our dirt road in the pouring rain.—
Chi Varnado,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The crater could be beneath them or under the nearby sea, Prave said.—
Patrick Pester,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Here, peaks of eternal light and deep craters containing water ice promise the best mining, science and research opportunities.—
Michelle L.D. Hanlon,
The Conversation,
12 May 2025
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Inside the cavern were five vessels containing about 1,800 gemstones and precious metals, dating to around 240 BCE, and small pieces of bone and ash.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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To ensure the correct air (and water) pressure, the cavern will be dug at a depth of around 900 meters.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The walls mimic a cave and the water echoes against the bouldered ceiling.—
Courtney Wittich,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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In Major New Sale There is no law that prevents me from putting on a scuba tank and exploring an underwater cave.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
12 May 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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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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Eventually, the cave ceilings collapsed and left behind sinkholes.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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First responders with Dallas Fire & Rescue arrived to find the truck in the sinkhole.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Beside him stood two children, also cast in bronze, holding water basins that served as fountains — a nod to his charitable nature.—
Michael Wells,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2025
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Used in the American heartland as well as in the Amazon basin where there’s been rapid deforestation for farming, the nitrogen-rich fertilizers are likely making their way into the Mississippi and Amazon Rivers as runoff, which then carries it into the Atlantic.—
Stephanie Elam,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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