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Recent Examples of holed up
Fortuitously, the team’s powers that be had set up shop at Lurie’s lakefront mansion in Palm Beach, about 45 miles up the Florida coast from Sirianni, who was holed up at the house of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
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Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Tear gas and rubber bullets were fired inside the headquarters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Ankara, where party officials and supporters, including leader Özgür Özel, were holed up for days.
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Chad De Guzman,
Time,
25 May 2026
Police stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition party Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days.
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Cinar Kiper,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
Bum-seok encounters a grizzled elder holed up under a bridge and goes on a brief monster-hunt foray with him, which ends when the pair open fire on the critter through a closed door, only to discover it was actually the local butcher making a phone call.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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.
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Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
14 May 2026
Can that happen while holed up in a luxury resort, sipping coffee and watching whales from the balcony?
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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.
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Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Tear gas and rubber bullets were fired inside the headquarters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Ankara, where party officials and supporters, including leader Özgür Özel, were holed up for days.
—
Chad De Guzman,
Time,
25 May 2026
Police stormed the offices of Turkey’s main opposition party Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days.
—
Cinar Kiper,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
Bum-seok encounters a grizzled elder holed up under a bridge and goes on a brief monster-hunt foray with him, which ends when the pair open fire on the critter through a closed door, only to discover it was actually the local butcher making a phone call.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holed up
lurked
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Another officer lurked farther away from the home.
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Jacobs, with his long rifle and pack of dogs, was not the only predator in the Alleghenies—wolves and mountain lions still lurked in the forest.
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“Holed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holed%20up. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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