postholes

plural of posthole

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postholes
Noun
  • Police and fire rescue experts say this is also serves a reminder to always wear personal flotation devices in and around rivers, creeks, ditches and lakes.
    Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.
    Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Otherwise, cave-ins, leaks and catastrophic damage to wells can occur.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • The Bureau of Land Management recently authorized construction of access roads, groundwater monitoring wells, and overhead power infrastructure on public land within the project area.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Their burrows are extensive, with at least two entrances.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
  • Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Similar hard-substrate communities were also observed on rocks in the Aleutian, Kuril‑Kamchatka, Atacama, Puysegur, Atacama, and Mussau trenches.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • From underwater trenches to sea caves, there are myriad spaces where undiscovered creatures may be lurking.
    K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • On the one hand, caves are humanity’s oldest architecture.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 June 2026
  • The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • In furrows of pain, The good now germinates.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Young olive trees have smooth, gray bark, while the bark develops interesting furrows as the plant ages.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • How to drive safely and report potholes Hitting a pothole could cause serious damage to your car tires, wheels and shocks.
    Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Behind the glitter, grooves and Grammy-winning legacy of Earth, Wind & Fire sits a more complicated story, revealing a more personal side of the band’s founder, Maurice White.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • Catastrophe looms in Terrestrials' near-menacing tone, full of ominous synth pulses and creeping grooves.
    Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026
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“Postholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postholes. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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