buttonholes

plural of buttonhole

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Noun
  • The onboard video from the Racing Bulls car reveals Lawson’s split-second oversteer snap correction played a big part in the collision that left both with punctures.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Battery systems based on it are also potentially safer (less prone to thermal runaway, may handle punctures better).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ridley Scott, a filmmaker not known for pulling his punches, has issued a withering assessment on the health of Hollywood output right now.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The matches are pretty violent, with nasty punches to the face and vicious knees to the head.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 52 mm black titanium case evokes the exterior of the hypercar, with the front grille flanked by two cooling inlets.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Below, the cliffs fall away into jagged inlets, sea stacks, and pocket beaches laced with driftwood.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Where will the concert entrances be?
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Police K-9s swept the premises repeatedly throughout the morning, and the court closed one of its two entrances to divert all traffic through a single door.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Buttonholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttonholes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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