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Recent Examples of sinkhole
Formations like Bender’s Cave are routinely filled with running streams that fluctuate in depth depending on recent rainfall, flooding, and sinkhole deposits.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
SkyEye was up over Falmouth, Massachusetts Tuesday, to capture the moment when a treasured yellow lab named Tessie was rescued from a deep backyard sinkhole.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Ripley also offers a combo ticket that includes the golf plus the nearby Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum (the sinkhole building) and the adjacent Ripley Mirror Maze attraction.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
As a precaution, the Dallas Running Club is looking into rerouting its April race, the Tal Morrison Half Marathon, due to the sinkhole, said Michael Baker, the club’s president-elect.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
SkyEye was up over Falmouth, Massachusetts Tuesday, to capture the moment when a treasured yellow lab named Tessie was rescued from a deep backyard sinkhole.
—Juli McDonald, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Ripley also offers a combo ticket that includes the golf plus the nearby Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum (the sinkhole building) and the adjacent Ripley Mirror Maze attraction.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
As a precaution, the Dallas Running Club is looking into rerouting its April race, the Tal Morrison Half Marathon, due to the sinkhole, said Michael Baker, the club’s president-elect.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sinkhole
Noun
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The astronauts focused some of their observations on Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the moon’s near and far sides.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Round pegs found round holes all over the pitch.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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To make your yard appealing to a wide variety of bees, install several bee houses with nesting holes of varying sizes.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Steer clear of puddles - Driving into puddles or low areas of rainwater can cause vehicles to hydroplane or skid out of control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Plus Einesman is unhappy with the way the incision looked — the amniotic fluid should come flooding out of the uterus, and this was more of a puddle.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In recent hearings and again Friday, pool cameras for the media were stationed at the rear of the courtroom, behind Robinson.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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The two kids search for his dad’s pool, and Bluey drops Winton from the sky into the deep end.—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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“Sinkhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sinkhole. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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