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hellholes

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plural of hellhole

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a dirty or messy place his first apartment was a hellhole in an unsafe neighborhood

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holes

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Each pad has more than 200 ventilation holes to boost airflow around your bust to prevent you from overheating.

— Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Tiny holes in the graphite allowed the microscope’s metal tip to scan the semiconductor underneath.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

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