holing up

present participle of hole up
as in lurking
to remain out of sight we'll hole up in the cellar and wait out the hurricane

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Recent Examples of holing up 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 Now teens were holing up in garages across America in an attempt to create their own versions of the Fab Four. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025 And at the very least, Damour said, kids won’t get a chance to develop the habit of holing up in their bedroom with their phone and never coming out. Rheana Murray, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
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  • Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As if that wasn't weird enough, she's being constantly surveilled and senses a strange presence lurking around her in the thriller.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Then, in the early 2010s, fracking and horizontal drilling technology unlocked the deposits hiding in the shale bed and unleashed vast wealth that went beyond the county residents’ wildest dreams.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Patel has nonetheless accused Wray of lying and argued that the former FBI director's handling of questions from lawmakers obscured key facts.
    Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Sure that the man had returned to kill him, Zeek grabbed the gun lying near the curb where it was dropped.
    Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Holing up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holing%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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