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sinkhole

noun

Definition of sinkhole

as in basin

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Recent Examples of sinkhole When the boat leaves the shallow saw grass marshes for a 90-foot-deep natural sinkhole called Gator Lake, get your camera ready. — Tracey Teo, AJC.com, 23 July 2026 Two men walking nearby fell into the sinkhole, and by Thursday morning rush hour, a line of cars could be seen passing it as neighborhood residents and commuters attempted to circumvent the affected area. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026 Video shows sinkhole in West Hollywood Several streets in the area remained closed through the evening as crews worked to repair the damage, the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station said. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 July 2026 From some giant prehistoric sloths that fell into a sinkhole 500,000 years ago to extinct elephants to today’s massive invasive pythons, Florida has always been a biological playground. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sinkhole

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Noun

The next tropical storm that forms anywhere in the basin will be named Cristobal.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
President Sheinbaum confirmed that fracking would not be allowed in the Tampico-Misantla basin.

— Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of basin

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Instead of slicing and dicing the zucchini, grate it on the large holes of a box grater or the grater attachment of a food processor.

— Kate Williams, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Naughton said as students arrived for the meetup at the school’s blacktop, the district began filling in a hole on the blacktop from a tree that had been removed earlier in the summer.

— Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of hole

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About halfway up, the orange-and-black butterflies had begun appearing in groups, alighting on flowers or gathering to sip water from puddles.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Some of it had escaped through a gash in her shin, forming a small gray-pink puddle by her ankle that gave off an astringent smell.

— John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of puddle

Noun

One video, first shared with The Miami Hurricane by a person who wants to remain anonymous, appears to show a man being pushed into a pool while his pants are on fire.

— Abby Dodge, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
One solution that came from readers of this column was to put up a flag whenever the pool was open and take it down whenever guests weren’t welcome.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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