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Recent Examples of hole up
In the early ‘80s, the King of New Jersey holed up in a small house in the Hollywood Hills.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 June 2025
With a second wave of New Babylon forces marching through Manhattan, Maggie, Negan, and Armstrong holed up in apartment and ended the season with a joint proclamation.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have emptied as undocumented residents and their families hole up at home in fear.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The competition is stiff, starting with Hugo, played by Jason Schwartzman, the owner of the mansion where they’re holed up.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 28 May 2025
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 June 2025
With a second wave of New Babylon forces marching through Manhattan, Maggie, Negan, and Armstrong holed up in apartment and ended the season with a joint proclamation.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have emptied as undocumented residents and their families hole up at home in fear.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
The competition is stiff, starting with Hugo, played by Jason Schwartzman, the owner of the mansion where they’re holed up.
—Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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Instead, Boyd said, Lawson and his father were retrieving a car that had been taken from them earlier the night of the disappearance and hidden at a residence on Boston Road, which is north of Bluegrass Parkway.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
8 July 2025
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The green laser shows you where dust might be hiding on your floors, and the LCD screen will tell you about the particle sizes down to the micron.—
Nena Farrell,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
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These brief Charley moments are frankly much more dynamic than any repetitive scene of Dexter lurking around his son.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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The incident comes as paranoia surrounding the possibility of a serial killer lurking within the New England region grips the area following a series of unexplained deaths in recent months.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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Carbon credits have become a buzzword in the fight against climate change but behind the jargon lies a multi-billion-dollar mechanism which is reshaping how companies, individuals and countries account for emissions.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Kemp is heard saying on the call before accusing Rock of lying about her child’s father, an accusation Blueface also confronted her with.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
1 July 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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