Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for postholes
Noun
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The district remains a throwback to the old days, much like the ancient thistle districts and thistle commissioners who were once found across Lake County in an attempt to stomp out the noxious weeds from farmlands and roadside ditches.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025 -
Clean streams were converted into muddy ditches.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So why then is there, by some estimates, more than 2 million unplugged abandoned wells around the country?—
September 7,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Residents of communities surrounded by flares and leaking wells, like Catarina, want the state and the industry to do more to control oil field emissions.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the heat of the day, desert-dwelling snakes will retreat into shade or rodent burrows to shield themselves from the scorching sun.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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According to researchers, the interdune barking gecko lives alone in burrows beginning from a very young age.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Improvising an armed version to clear Russian trenches should not be an impossible technical challenge, given how easily troops in the field have attached sawn-off shotguns to drones.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The actor has spent three days in these trenches, soaked in blood and sweat of his own making.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The landscape includes deciduous forests as well as lakes, coves, waterfalls, and caves.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bogong moths navigate 1000 kilometers across Australia to remote alpine caves by following the stars and Earth’s magnetic field.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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German luggage a popular choice A couple of players, including cornerback Trent McDuffie, traveled with Rimowa suitcases, recognized by the characteristic parallel grooves on the aluminum bags.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Autocomplete functions recycle common word sequences, and even repeat common typos, locking language into predictable grooves.—
Ted Ladd,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Here, in a former metal yard turned residential drug rehabilitation center just outside of town, the 40-year-old arrived after years of addiction that began around the time opioid pain pills flooded into the hardscrabble region’s mountains and valleys.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The early-morning thunderstorms that rumbled across the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys Tuesday also produced nearly 10,000 dry lightning strikes, sparking wildfires from the Mother Lode to the grasslands of eastern Sacramento County.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Though no items were stolen from the store, Hutcheson said police determined Walker unlocked the door to the caverns and the store.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Postholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postholes. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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