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Recent Examples of borehole
In a new study published in Science this month, an international team of researchers lowered a fiber-optic cable almost one mile down into a borehole in the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS), the largest ice stream in the Greenland ice sheet.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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He was then buried in a makeshift grave with his body beng found in 2021 after an excavation search.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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With further excavations, researchers could uncover a site with more historical layers preserved and examine the archaeological record that predates this find.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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After years of misery in the prestige-TV trenches, Doctor Odyssey himself just wants to have fun.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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British soldiers were among those winding their way around trenches in Romania with designs lifted from the battlefields of Ukraine.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Smoke fills the screen and, within seconds, a crater emerges.—
Rozina Ali,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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Perseverance, about the size of a car, captured the whirling twisters in January about a month after completing an arduous trek from the bottom of the crater up to its rim.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The caverns of the mind and spirit are appealing as Neptune moves into Aries.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Males pour by the thousands from the depths of the limestone caverns, coiling over rocks and one another in a slow-motion frenzy of courtship.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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There are desert badlands, frosty tundra, underwater temples, shipwrecks, lush caves teeming with life, and much more.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
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Yet travelers tend to overlook one deep category: caves.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
4 Apr. 2025
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The water hole was surrounded by palm trees and sand dunes during the late Cretaceous period, but since then, the environment has changed drastically.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Water Holes Canyon The name Water Holes Canyon is a bit fanciful as there no significant permanent water holes here.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The sinkhole, estimated to be around 65 feet wide and 65 feet deep, opened up at an intersection in the Myeongil-dong neighborhood in eastern Seoul on Monday afternoon, swallowing the victim and injuring a woman whose van was passing over the area, officials told the Associated Press.—
Greg Norman,
Fox News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Firefighters told the Associated Press the sinkhole was about 10 feet deep.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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That could be a boon for a body of water frequently called an accident, because its current version was created in 1905 when a canal breach allowed millions of gallons of Colorado River water to spill out for almost two years, filling a desert basin.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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State of play: While rain has fallen throughout the region, some gauges by Lake Buchanan notched less than a half-inch in the 72 hours through Thursday afternoon — and less than a quarter-inch in the Lake Travis basin.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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