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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollow (out)
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Adding insult to injury, the state instead continues to shovel millions of dollars toward health care programs for undocumented immigrants — including at least $12 billion in the Legislature’s budget — while underfunding services Californians are paying for and counting on.—
Diane Dixon,
Oc Register,
18 June 2025 -
The highway was shut down for nearly 14 hours as crews shoveled, hand-picked, and vacuumed the loose coins from the road and nearby brush.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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In the 1920s, archaeologists excavating the necropolis of Deir el-Bahri near Luxor, Egypt, found many broken statues of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut—one of the civilization’s few female pharaohs.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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One of its recent big ‘splashes’ was the stunning recreation of a Roman villa within the estate, built after extensive Roman ruins were excavated.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Hollow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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