hollow (out)

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Verb
  • Harris’ infield single on a ball Hoerner tried to scoop and shovel with his mitt errantly got past first baseman Michael Busch, prompting Counsell to end Imanaga’s night at 96 pitches and right-handed hitting Ha-Seong Kim due up.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • In the medieval town of Belvì, men roast chestnuts—marroni—over an open fire in a frying pan the size of a swimming pool and then serve them to the crowd by shoveling them into troughs.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Its incisors became permanently growing chisels for excavating wood.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • First, the incoming object blasted material outward at tremendous speed, excavating deep layers of the moon.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
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“Hollow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow%20%28out%29. Accessed 15 May. 2026.

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