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More than a thousand anti-corruption investigators and police officers could be deployed in the operation to apprehend Yoon, who has been holed up in the residence for weeks.
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Early on Wednesday morning, hundreds of investigators finally entered the fortified compound in Seoul where South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had been holed up since his mid-December impeachment over an earlier declaration of martial law that prosecutors contend amounted to insurrection.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Yoon's presidential motorcade left the hillside residence where he had been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire barriers and a small army of personal security, and later arrived at the offices of the anti-corruption agency heading the probe.
—Hyunsu Yim and Ju-Min Park, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet, despite the need to burrow, New Yorkers tend to get a little stir-crazy when holed up in our apartments for longer than a day.
—Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Early on Wednesday morning, hundreds of investigators finally entered the fortified compound in Seoul where South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had been holed up since his mid-December impeachment over an earlier declaration of martial law that prosecutors contend amounted to insurrection.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
Yoon's presidential motorcade left the hillside residence where he had been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire barriers and a small army of personal security, and later arrived at the offices of the anti-corruption agency heading the probe.
—Hyunsu Yim and Ju-Min Park, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Yet, despite the need to burrow, New Yorkers tend to get a little stir-crazy when holed up in our apartments for longer than a day.
—Ariel Okin, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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His wife, Avital, who was seven months pregnant at the time, hid in a safe room with their two daughters.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Dylan notices the slogan and examines the poster to find that Irv hid his drawing of the Exports Hall, with detailed instructions on how to get there written on the back, behind it.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that have cemented their place as native New Yorkers.—
Sarah Baniak,
ABC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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As her body weakens, an alien Sentinel lurks outside their home, drawing nearer and nearer as Greta takes her final breaths.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Survivor alum lied about his grandmother dying in a notorious, pivotal moment on the Pearl Islands season of the show in 2003, attempting to drum up sympathy from his fellow players.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Strauss tells Rolling Stone she was inspired to create the series after reading The Woman Who Fooled the World, the book written by Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano, the two journalists who first found out Gibson was lying.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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