pothole

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Recent Examples of pothole Other factors like bumpy roads, potholes, and pedestrian and road traffic can also lead to accidents, Jamehdor said. Alyssa Hui, Health, 15 Aug. 2024 The ground was now full of enormous potholes covered by thin layers of singed plants. Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024 So given the potential roads and potholes, where might Comcast go next and what are the implications? Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 However, the road there is fraught with potential potholes, a couple of which Cherundolo’s team steered around Sunday. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pothole 
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Noun
  • The basin stretches over eastern Montana, western North Dakota and South Dakota and the southern Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The first large-scale venture by Oxy, costing $1.3 billon in the Permian basin of West Texas, is called Stratos.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • As frustration continues to mount over sprawling homeless camps in nearly every corner of the Bay Area, the state is stepping in with millions of dollars to move people from city sidewalks, parks and floodplains across the region and into shelter and housing.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Communities of the Barotse derive diverse livelihoods from the floodplain, including livestock rearing, crop production, and fishing.
    Jeff Opperman, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The Park Fire began July 24 at a park in Chico when a man pushed a burning car down a grassy ravine in 100-degree temperatures.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Travelers on Interstate 75 near London, Kentucky, are surrounded by the massive Daniel Boone National Forest, dense with trees, hills, cliffs and ravines.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Book From $171 per night Crash Beside the Tennessee River in This Cozy Chattanooga Cabin with a Watchtower Soak up the Tennessee River Gorge’s grandeur from a pet-friendly waterfront cabin in the heart of this dramatic river canyon.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Still, an audience of about 30 gathered to sit and look out over the canyon.
    Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Microsoft emails have been in the news recently as they were being hacked by a man accused of a hack-and-trade fraud, but this is an entirely different kettle of malicious phish.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Electric kettles are a great small appliance that provide an easy way to heat water without having to use your stove.
    Casey DelBasso, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • As for accessories, Swift subtly matched Kelce's Jacquemus horse-print camp shirt with a black Dior saddle bag, bringing the old Taylor back to the phone with a bright red lip and black cat-eye liner.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Driving the news: With the foliage getting ready to put on a vibrant display and a few more weeks of potentially great weather, now is a good time to pack up the saddle bags and hit the road.
    Christine Clarridge, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Unlike dogs, rats can wriggle through the cracks and crevasses of a container ship.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Never mind that no one had ever built a nuclear locomotive or run rails through tunnels crossing constantly shifting crevasses.
    Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.
    Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The Owyhee Canyonlands, with stunning red gulches, winding rivers and a moon-like landscape where a volcano with a caldera once 600 times larger than Mount St. Helens erupted, stands as the largest unprotected wilderness area in the American West.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 May 2024

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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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