boreholes

plural of borehole

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boreholes
Noun
  • The wells are drilled much longer and more are fracked at once—called simul-frac—so fewer rigs, frac fleets, and people are required.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In 2015, Crawford and Person visited Uganda and Rwanda to help build and drill wells to give communities clean water.
    Adam England, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While many were watching the models wearing the storied Manhattan house's spring 2026 designs—which included oversized slacks, trenches, and a touch of chiffon—we were rapt by Fanning's hair.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Pour blender compost around plants, or into trenches, compost piles, or worm bins.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The region in New South Wales is renowned for its rivers, peaks, glacial lakes and caves.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Fuhrich wasn’t the only hero of the caves, historian Johannes Mattes explains.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams and ditches in the Tehama County Division of the Park Fire Burn Scar.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The district remains a throwback to the old days, much like the ancient thistle districts and thistle commissioners who were once found across Lake County in an attempt to stomp out the noxious weeds from farmlands and roadside ditches.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Boreholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boreholes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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