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Recent Examples of holed up
Away from a filthy Superdome and Convention Center where they had been holed up for days.
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Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
McCartney is seen in this footage, holed up on a remote farm in Scotland with his wife Linda and their kids along with some sheep and horses.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
But officers never tried to open the doors to where the shooter was holed up with his victims, dead and alive, until the final breach, instead waiting for keys or tools to break in.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
So we were holed up in that lake house, and that was the same week.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Days after that Newport whirlwind, Goodman holed up in a coffee shop in Midtown Manhattan to while away the hours before opening for Patty Griffin at Sony Hall by reflecting on Newport and the weeks since Planting by the Signs hit streaming sites and record stores.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
In those days, Inigo and I would spend long hours, too, holed up in my student digs or in Inigo’s room at GRS discussing art and books, film and theatre, politics, even opera.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
The 24-year-old and fellow Marines holed up in a village in the Marjah District to disrupt enemy fire, shielding local Afghans, the Marines said.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
McCartney is seen in this footage, holed up on a remote farm in Scotland with his wife Linda and their kids along with some sheep and horses.
—Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
But officers never tried to open the doors to where the shooter was holed up with his victims, dead and alive, until the final breach, instead waiting for keys or tools to break in.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
So we were holed up in that lake house, and that was the same week.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Days after that Newport whirlwind, Goodman holed up in a coffee shop in Midtown Manhattan to while away the hours before opening for Patty Griffin at Sony Hall by reflecting on Newport and the weeks since Planting by the Signs hit streaming sites and record stores.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
In those days, Inigo and I would spend long hours, too, holed up in my student digs or in Inigo’s room at GRS discussing art and books, film and theatre, politics, even opera.
—Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
The 24-year-old and fellow Marines holed up in a village in the Marjah District to disrupt enemy fire, shielding local Afghans, the Marines said.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holed up
lurked
Verb
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Parasites lurked inside the fish and turned out to be a new species.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Holed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holed%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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