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Secure dogs with a leash or makeshift lead, and confine cats in carriers, boxes with air holes, or a safe room or ventilated car.—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 Season-ending surgeries for Grant Williams (ACL) and Brandon Miller (right wrist) were like sticking an unattached pump needle into the air hole on a basketball, completely deflating it.—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2025 In March, 16 days after Sirica first treated the incapacitated red-tailed hawk, Paula Goldberg, former executive director of City Wildlife, opened the trunk of her Toyota SUV to reveal a small white box perforated with air holes.—Bydina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024 Outdoor bins often include slats to provide ventilation without letting in pests, while indoor composters use a combination of air holes and carbon filters to prevent unwanted odors.—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024 Your Questions, Answered Does a compost bin need air holes?—Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024 Many indoor compost bins have tiny air holes to allow air into the container without also attracting bugs or letting out smells.—Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023 The shape and pitch of air holes in a photonic crystal cause unwanted laser modes to refract and interfere with each other [left].—IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2023 Cordero and Casadevall put two air holes in a small Styrofoam packing box containing less than a half-kilogram of button mushrooms, installed a computer exhaust fan in one hole to draw air through it, and put the box into a larger Styrofoam container.—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 5 May 2023
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