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Recent Examples of Synonyms for postholes
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The big feathery cottonwoods along the ditches were just turning then, flaunting great masses of clear, bright yellow against the transparent blue of the southern Arizona sky.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025 -
In heavy rain, refrain from parking or walking near culverts or drainage ditches, where swift-moving water can pose a grave danger.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sewage facilities remain largely absent, as is running water, with residents relying on wells.—
Isa Cardona,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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The geothermal exchange project includes the drilling of geothermal exchange wells and the purchase of heat pumps and related energy equipment.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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The larvae then hatches from the eggs and burrows into tissue of animals to feed on them.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Oct. 2025
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Not camping, sleeping or resting near animal burrows or areas where dead rodents are observed.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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The discoveries span worms, mollusks, and crustaceans collected from habitats ranging from shallow waters to the ocean’s deepest trenches.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Kayaking - While kayaking can be a leisurely activity, strong currents or capsizing can require emergency services, especially in more remote locations like sea caves.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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Known as knockers in England, kobolds also live in caves and mines and make knocking noises directing human miners where to dig.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The two No 10s largely avoid the sort of slack passes and heavy touches that have previously halted United from properly settling into their attacking grooves.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The track starts with a pulsating Simmons bass riff, setting the tone for one of Kiss' funkier guitar grooves.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As a result, a Universe with dark matter has twice the number of fluctuation peaks-and-valleys in both the cosmic microwave background’s spectrum and also the power spectrum of large-scale structure than a Universe with normal matter alone.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Oct. 2025
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These can be low-lying areas in your yard, such as slopes or valleys, that are colder than higher or sheltered areas, such as at the top of a hill or near a brick retaining wall.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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What fantastic fantasies will lure risk-seeking treasure hunters to breach the massive walls of iron thorns surrounding mysterious radioactive caverns buried deep in the deserts?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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With a cool, constant temperature of 54 degrees, the caverns are a perfect year-round adventure.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Postholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/postholes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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