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Recent Examples of hole up
Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
But the president-elect’s post reflects the way his resort, where he’s largely been holed up since the election, has become a salon and celebration for his movement.
—Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Musk had been holed up in the Secretary of War Suite of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for several weeks, communicating with the public mostly by posting online.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
But the president-elect’s post reflects the way his resort, where he’s largely been holed up since the election, has become a salon and celebration for his movement.
—Adriana Gomez Licon and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Musk had been holed up in the Secretary of War Suite of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for several weeks, communicating with the public mostly by posting online.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2025
Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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The ancient springhead, natural waterpark, and retro roadside attraction has more than a few secrets hidden in its eelgrass.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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But all that family turmoil was hidden, and to most who knew him, Dr. Schwartz seemed to have a beautiful life until the evening of May 28, 2014, when Becky Schwartz came home and discovered her home in disarray.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Redondo Beach — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize efforts to save sea lions, dolphins, sea birds and other wildlife stricken by poisons lurking offshore, say marine scientists, public health officials and animal rescuers.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Some are found lurking in remote corners of the world, while others have been hiding right under our noses.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Broken shackles lie underneath the statue’s drapery, to symbolize the end of all types of servitude and oppression.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Nearly 30 endemic bird species inhabit the jungles of what some call the Galápagos of Africa, which lies about 150 miles off the shores of Gabon and reachable via an 8.5-hour flight from Lisbon.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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