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Recent Examples of wormhole
Decades later, physicists rebranded this idea as a wormhole, imagining it as a tunnel between distant regions of space.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wormhole
Noun
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Trump sees reality through a keyhole that shows him only what interests him.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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She was referred to a hospital in London for keyhole surgery to fix the hole, but none of the three attempts were successful.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The only telltale signs of the electronics hidden in the temples are a single power button, a four-contact connector, pinhole microphones, and thin speaker grille slits.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The building shares a complex with the First Mall and a casino, so the entrance has a steady flow of people coming and going, but once inside the hotel itself, things feel more contained.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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First responders helped six people get out of the building because of the rubble blocking the entrance.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Other options Korbel had to decide: how many buttons on the suit’s jacket, which kind of buttons, whether to have a Milanese buttonhole on the suit’s lapel, color of the liner, shape and size of pocket flaps, side vent or not.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
11 Apr. 2026
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Plus, it’s easily affixed to baby’s neckline using the adjustable buttonhole closures.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Attenborough communicated with the tribe using gestures, looked at their personal ornaments and enquired about the pegs in the ritual punctures in the nose of one of the men.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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In the case of a puncture, the rider will be warned immediately, which prevents further damage to the wheel and improves safety.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
8 May 2026
Noun
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About an hour north of Portland, one such inlet is Boothbay Harbor.—
Amy Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
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Engineers also added a new air inlet on top and blade antennas.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Noun
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.—
Steven Litt,
cleveland,
4 July 2021
Noun
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If someone is reporting a pothole in need of repair, the request goes right to the asphalt department.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Area residents say a large pothole on Interstate 20 that contributed to a fatal motorcycle crash was a known hazard, and that the Texas Department of Transportation was aware of it.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 May 2026
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“Wormhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wormhole. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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