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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potholes
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The war has also driven a surge in investment in non-Gulf hydrocarbon assets, especially in the Atlantic and Pacific basins, including Africa and Latin America.
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In the primary bathroom, Italian art students hand-painted the mirrors with similarly metallic hues, which complement the brass basins hammered by a Lebanese artist.
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The face of the moon never looks the same from one night to the next, as the shifting angle between the moon and sun causes sunlight to sweep across its surface, altering the shadows cast by craters, mountain ranges and ravines.
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Madeira’s cliffs and ravines are difficult enough that many walking holidays there are guided and focused on one part of the island, including the eight-mile forest hike through Ribeiro Frio.
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At Garland Ranch, trails climb from the Carmel River through oak woodland, chaparral and shaded canyons with the sort of views that drew people to California in the first place.
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The drive from Las Vegas offers more to see and do along the way, including exploring narrow slot canyons in stunning Cathedral Gorge State Park and wandering through the infamous Wild West town of Pioche, Nevada.
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In-room goodies include Alessi kettles and Nespresso machines, mini iPads, and Bose sound systems.
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At its peak, kettles represented 80% of sales.
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Rissetto used her own dad, Michel Arteaga, to depict the nation's health literacy gaps.
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Despite some large gaps heading into Friday, legislative Democrats and the governor had already closed several other ones.
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Head right, and there came public land, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with its creeks and gulches and two-bit towns like Peanut and Beegum.
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The road to the potato patches — where the community grows most of its vegetables — crosses several large gulches that frequently spill tons of rock and soil onto the track, requiring regular maintenance.
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So, too, does the idea that a soccer coach could close fissures that even the well-meaning among career politicians have failed to seal.
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The group is particularly interested in suspending, fracturing, and reconstructing time through which othered bodies and identities pass, and in exploring the attendant emerging fissures.
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Vacuum along baseboards, in mattress seams, and inside the crevices of upholstered furniture, too.
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The crevices may not be fully cleaned through the dishwasher.
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“Potholes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potholes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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