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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollow (out)
Verb
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Over the years, players, including Durham, sometimes gave Wickers money to supplement his income from washing windows, shoveling snow and other odd jobs.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025 -
There’s also evidence that the ship’s engineers left the boilers on, shoveling coal into the furnaces to keep electricity running.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the 1930s, workers using explosives and machinery excavated a 13-mile tunnel beneath Mt. San Jacinto to bring Colorado River water to Southern California.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The rail crossing at Southwest Highway and Kilbourn Avenue in Oak Lawn will close for 10 days next month to excavate and replace the rail at a crossing used often by emergency vehicles.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 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 May. 2025.
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