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Recent Examples of hole up
The Bridgehampton compound that Olivier Sarkozy and Mary-Kate Olsen holed up in during the pandemic is for sale for the first time since their split.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 May 2026
All Hell sounded like CFCF holed up in a hotel on a diet of Jack Daniels and Eddie Rabbitt tapes.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Can that happen while holed up in a luxury resort, sipping coffee and watching whales from the balcony?
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Dela Rosa had holed up in the Senate building for two nights, pleading in a livestreamed press conference on Facebook not to be sent to The Hague in the Netherlands to face the charges.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 May 2026
All Hell sounded like CFCF holed up in a hotel on a diet of Jack Daniels and Eddie Rabbitt tapes.
—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
Can that happen while holed up in a luxury resort, sipping coffee and watching whales from the balcony?
—Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 14 May 2026
Dela Rosa had holed up in the Senate building for two nights, pleading in a livestreamed press conference on Facebook not to be sent to The Hague in the Netherlands to face the charges.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
Verb
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If not too bad, it can be ignored and new growth should hide the blemishes.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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Buddy was hiding in the bushes on the side of a desolate highway when he was found by a good Samaritan and brought to a rescue.—
Maryanne Dell,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Others argue that the maze needs a minotaur, and point to a mysterious creature that has lurked within the Backrooms since the beginning.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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But beneath the smooth surface, major engineering problems have lurked since it was constructed in the 1920s.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
Verb
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The story, set in rural California in the 1990s, opens as seventeen-year-old Cal finds the body of his high school classmate, Nora, lying across the train tracks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Others lay flat on the cold desert sand, getting tips on how to make their mobile phones take long-exposure pictures to see the galaxy gleaming overhead.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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