boreholes

plural of borehole

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Noun
  • Otherwise, cave-ins, leaks and catastrophic damage to wells can occur.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • The Bureau of Land Management recently authorized construction of access roads, groundwater monitoring wells, and overhead power infrastructure on public land within the project area.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • The research team plans to return to the Diamantina Fracture Zone to survey the rest of the trench in the hopes of finding more whale fossils and new forms of life, and the discovery raises the possibility of learning more about whale evolution by exploring the ocean’s other deep-sea trenches.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Similar hard-substrate communities were also observed on rocks in the Aleutian, Kuril‑Kamchatka, Atacama, Puysegur, Atacama, and Mussau trenches.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • On the one hand, caves are humanity’s oldest architecture.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 June 2026
  • The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • How to drive safely and report potholes Hitting a pothole could cause serious damage to your car tires, wheels and shocks.
    Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Police and fire rescue experts say this is also serves a reminder to always wear personal flotation devices in and around rivers, creeks, ditches and lakes.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.
    Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
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“Boreholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boreholes. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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