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Recent Examples of hole up
Friends are holed up in bars near downtown, watching NFL games and sharing laughs over brunch plates.
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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
When deputies arrived, Appolon ran to the third floor and holed up inside a bedroom, Grossman said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
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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
When deputies arrived, Appolon ran to the third floor and holed up inside a bedroom, Grossman said.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
Verb
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But this book gave me nowhere to hide.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The logistics of coordinating international travel, visas, and hotel accommodations for a secret guest are far more complex than hiding someone domestically.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Analysts say the new submarine appears to be based off the Russian Borei class of SSBNs, able to lurk deep under the surface without being detected.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Nobody in Toronto has been obsessing about hockey for weeks now, so this is as close as the Leafs will ever come to being able to lurk in the background.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Part of me has to lie—part of me has to die—to satisfy someone else’s need for their language to fit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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The reason Hektoria fell apart much faster than its neighboring glaciers is due to what lies beneath it, the scientists found.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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