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sinkhole

noun

Definition of sinkhole

as in basin

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Recent Examples of sinkhole Dalton was one of 13 homeowners in Hideaway Hills forced to evacuate in April 2020 after a sinkhole nearly 30 feet wide opened without warning. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The sheriff’s office shut down traffic on a road in north Miami-Dade County on Wednesday morning because of a sinkhole, the agency said. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 On Tuesday, September 8, a massive, 30-by-30-foot sinkhole opened directly in front of a Malibu oceanfront home reportedly belonging to Cage, swallowing his driveway whole. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026 The proclamation does not outline a repair timeline for the sinkhole or say when access to the affected homes would be restored. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sinkhole

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Since then, a growing movement across North America is attempting to transform ecological menaces into culinary commodities, from Florida to Hawai’i, British Columbia, Maine, and the Mississippi River basin.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Seventy-one percent of the water diverted from the lake’s basin is allocated to agriculture.

— Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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His unit had shown holes in the secondary, ranking 131st in the country in pass defense.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Joe Jackson ran for 159 yards and a touchdown, Avery Johnson threw for 203 yards and another score, and the Wildcats overcame a multitude of mistakes while rallying from an early 10-point hole to keep nearly two decades of dominance going.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of hole

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Their defense had surrendered 83 points in consecutive blowout losses to Missouri and South Carolina, and the optimism surrounding new coach Jon Sumrall had evaporated faster than a puddle on a Gainesville sidewalk in August.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026
Grass, uneven ground, tiny puddles, and random objects can become major obstacles when the machine is barely taller than them.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

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Lower courts had dismissed the case because Asian American students were not underrepresented at the magnet schools compared with the pool of students that applied.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
As adoption widens, so does the pool of users for whom this is genuinely risky.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

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