BOREHOLES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

boreholes

noun

plural of borehole

as in wells

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Noun

The wells needed wider diameters (wider casing) and slickwater fracking, not gelled fluids, to sustain enough pressure to produce ample gas flows.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
What the heat is good for Much of my own research goes into wells that turn stored heat back into electricity.

— Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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The clothes performed a parallel operation on familiar forms, pulling apart bikers, trenches, tweed jackets, corsetry, and punk hardware before rebuilding them into funky new forms of feminine armor.

— Vogue, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026
There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

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There are cellars with vintages dating back to the 1880s and old wine caves covered in mildew and mold, which were a dream for a wine lover like me.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Below the falls are limestone caves ripe for exploration, and hiking trails take visitors by the Rifle Falls Fish Hatchery, one of the largest trout-production hatcheries in Colorado.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

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