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Recent Examples of hole up
The competition is stiff, starting with Hugo, played by Jason Schwartzman, the owner of the mansion where they’re holed up.
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Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 28 May 2025
Heading into her upcoming nuptials, the TV personality and her closest friends holed up at Pura Vida, a $9.4 million estate in Seagrove Beach offered by the vacation-rental company Natural Retreats.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
The developer wants to dig holes up to 40 feet deep to extract around 4.3 million cubic yards of sand, according to county records.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Some friends gathered for a card game survive, holed up in their host’s house, and gradually devise ways to go out into the snow to obtain supplies and increasingly alarming information.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 28 May 2025
Heading into her upcoming nuptials, the TV personality and her closest friends holed up at Pura Vida, a $9.4 million estate in Seagrove Beach offered by the vacation-rental company Natural Retreats.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
The developer wants to dig holes up to 40 feet deep to extract around 4.3 million cubic yards of sand, according to county records.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025
Some friends gathered for a card game survive, holed up in their host’s house, and gradually devise ways to go out into the snow to obtain supplies and increasingly alarming information.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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The first iteration of Somni opened in 2018 inside the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, a restaurant hidden inside of José Andrés’s Bazaar, but closed in 2020 as a pandemic casualty.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
26 June 2025
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The palette is a unique blend of pink, tan, and hints of blue-green that add a subtle amount of color while still hiding dirt and debris.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
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MacBook Pro’s Faster Connectivity Alongside the M5 upgrade offering a 15 to 20 percent uplift in pure performance, another speedy upgrade is lurking inside the spec leaks of the next macOS laptop, namely Wi-Fi 7.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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According to police estimates, there are over 450 active gangs, whose memberships total more than 45,000, lurking in Los Angeles alone.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
27 June 2025
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Even Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander quickly went over, touched Haliburton on the head as the Pacers guard lay face-down on the court and offered a kind word.—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The answer lies in his DNA, intertwined with that soil in La Grange, where families in Lubbock County still lounge in backyards across Fayette County and swap tales of one Lawrence Dobbins.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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