as in drilling
to make a hole or series of holes in
holed the target with a round of shots
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Recent Examples of holing
Stay tuned … • Another excellent cold open introduces us to a new major character in Manousos (Carlos Manuel Vesga), who’s treating this situation like a true alien invasion, holing himself up in the office at a storage facility while refusing any interaction with the Others.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
One hole later, McIlroy birdied again, but Horschel responded with an eagle that included holing a putt from over 30 feet to win the title.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
One hole later, McIlroy birdied again, but Horschel responded with an eagle that included holing a putt from over 30 feet to win the title.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holing
Verb
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Most involve drilling holes into the stump, filling them with the chemical, and then waiting.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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The team has already finished the first 180 feet (55 meters) of drilling at the Mont Terri underground rock laboratory in Switzerland, a facility that has hosted nuclear waste disposal experiments for three decades.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The actor is accused of punching the second man in the nose.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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In January 2022, Rivas was arrested for allegedly punching Hall in the face, according to police.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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An autopsy shows all three shots fired by Stevens hit Martinez, with bullets traveling through his left arm before entering his torso and piercing his heart, lungs, liver and other organs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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An autopsy report shows all three shots fired by Stevens hit Martinez, with bullets traveling through his left arm before entering his torso and piercing his heart, lungs, liver and other organs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Weeks later, the congresswoman could still the fractured bones in his forearm poking up under the skin.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The prosecutor said Tran tried to take his own life by slitting a wrist, cutting his neck and poking a blade into his stomach.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Holing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holing. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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