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Recent Examples of hole up
LaSota; Zajko, who was wanted for allegedly arming Maland’s murderers; and Daniel Blank, a third Zizian, were discovered holed up in box trucks, dressed in all black and heavily armed.
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The setup for Black Phone 2 is that Ethan Hawke’s The Grabber is out there in the real world, not holed up in some neighborhood house in 1970s suburbia.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Friends are holed up in bars near downtown, watching NFL games and sharing laughs over brunch plates.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
One Battle follows another ex-revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio), now holed up outside a fictional Northern California town and almost perpetually drunk or high, but otherwise doting on his teenage daughter (newcomer Chase Infiniti).
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
The setup for Black Phone 2 is that Ethan Hawke’s The Grabber is out there in the real world, not holed up in some neighborhood house in 1970s suburbia.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Friends are holed up in bars near downtown, watching NFL games and sharing laughs over brunch plates.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
One Battle follows another ex-revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio), now holed up outside a fictional Northern California town and almost perpetually drunk or high, but otherwise doting on his teenage daughter (newcomer Chase Infiniti).
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
Verb
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But most of the time, hiding stuff from them doesn't work.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Oscar’s grouchy shell hides a strangely tender soul, which is classic Scorpio.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Not as shadows lurking in code prompt chains.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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And among the less conversationally direct, the topic often seems to lurk on the fringes as locals in other countries try to more delicately approach politics and discern how US travelers feel about what’s going on at home.—
Terry Ward,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Johanna Harwood stepped into the frame of the bedroom door, where Anna Petrov lay dead on the parquet beside the body of a guard.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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In their game-deciding drives, the kind of two-minute drills franchise players produce, lies experience.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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