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Recent Examples of borehole
Case’s drilling concept generates the force needed for the tip from the peristaltic segments within the borehole.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—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
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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Numerous Ancient Roman objects, including small glass bottles for perfumes, were found during the excavations.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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See the finds in Greece Off the coast of Greece, the Antikythera shipwreck continues to reveal its secrets, with recent excavations uncovering ancient sculptures and pottery.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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The Nankai megathrust zone lies only 40 to 60 miles off the densely populated hubs of Osaka and Nagoya and the Tōkai industrial belt—and the area’s trench geometry happens to aim tsunamis straight at the shore.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 July 2025
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Archaeologists found storage trenches, part of a defensive wall, sections of a key road, the outlines of soldiers’ homes and numerous pits, officials said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2025
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On July 5, the low angle of the sun will cast prominent shadows along the eastern rim of the impact crater, while highlighting reflective debris streaks known as ejecta rays that were cast out during its creation some 800 million years ago.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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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,
2 July 2025
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Guest can discover the history and science of America’s natural caverns through educational and informative exhibits.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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During spring migration, recently hatched and newly mature moths move from the breeding grounds they were born in, to the distant, unfamiliar caverns.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
18 June 2025
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Politicians and observers gathered for the ceremony held in the ancient cave of Casene near the town of Sulaymaniyah, where about 30 men and women from the militant group placed their weapons in a large cauldron that was later set on fire.—
Gul Tuysuz,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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In The Rescue, Thai cave divers were spotlighted over the Indigenous local volunteers who led much of the initial effort.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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The most popular months for the park’s one million annual visitors, this is also the season when wildlife is most active; animals like alligators, deer, and wading birds congregate around lingering water holes.—
Matt Kirouac,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Jan. 2023
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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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The Enquirer confirmed that there are at least two sinkholes in the area near where the E. coli was found.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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The sinkhole problem began in December 2024, at first leading to a brief fix before more holes opened and authorities shut down I-80 eastbound entirely in February.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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The Guadalupe River has had a history of floods, with one of the most prominent incidents occurring in 1987, when five to 10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the river’s basin.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Trees and Shrubs * Use basins around trunks to direct water to the roots and avoid runoff.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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