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Recent Examples of airhole
When handling a possum (or any wild mammal), wear protective gloves and place the animal gently in a secure container like a box with a lid and air holes.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Each container comes with a lid that has a silicone sealing ring around the perimeter and a sealed air hole to keep everything fresh.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
Chandler gets awfully cozy in his new digs (just don't cover his air hole).
—Gretchen Hansen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
There are also air holes with grommets and air fresheners in it so your sweaty climbing shoes don't get super stank.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 22 Oct. 2025
About 7 or 8 pieces in the middle had the big holes and to each side there were others that a bit smaller air holes.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Each container comes with a lid that has a silicone sealing ring around the perimeter and a sealed air hole to keep everything fresh.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
Chandler gets awfully cozy in his new digs (just don't cover his air hole).
—Gretchen Hansen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
There are also air holes with grommets and air fresheners in it so your sweaty climbing shoes don't get super stank.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 22 Oct. 2025
About 7 or 8 pieces in the middle had the big holes and to each side there were others that a bit smaller air holes.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airhole
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Since 1957, believers and non-believers alike have sought refuge at the 10-acre estate, with meandering woodland paths and rocky gardens nestled along a quiet, lake-like inlet of Long Island Sound.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Stewart looks inside the nozzles and inlets, cleaning them in and out.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The fungus enters the body through small cuts or puncture wounds, often from rose thorns or splinters.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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That crisp pastry shell can really hold in the heat, and an abrupt puncture will send a geyser of steaming juice and melted cheese directly onto your tender tongue.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2026
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The analysis revealed that participants with the highest intake of caffeinated coffee had an 18% lower risk of dementia compared with those who reported little or no consumption.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Higher intake of caffeinated coffee and tea was associated with lower prevalence of subjective cognitive decline and slightly better objective cognitive performance.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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Lane began to shut the entrance to the apartment building when Payne opened fire.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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Ephesus, Turkey — The security lines at the entrance move with airport-like efficiency.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Instead of dotting the same black scrim, like pinholes in a two-dimensional theater backdrop, the stars were scattered through space at dramatically varying distances, a vast swarm of them filling every last corner of an even vaster, more numinous, and emphatically three-dimensional darkness.—
Michael Pollan,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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His pinhole view of both markets and states leaves little room for the more complicated, sometimes antagonistic interplay between them.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Another standout, silymarin (which is extracted from milk thistle, a plant related to daisies and ragweeds), helps prevent oil oxidation—the culprit behind clogged pores and early signs of aging—while salicylic acid delivers gentle, pore-clearing exfoliation for a clearer complexion over time.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
27 Jan. 2026
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Stewart said her skincare routine begins the night before, then shifts to contrast therapy in the morning using a hot towel to open her pores and a cold compress to tighten them back up.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The top featured a high neck with a keyhole neckline, flared long sleeves, a cape overlay, which creates a lightly exposed back.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Halle Berry paired her skintight latex skirt with a plunging keyhole cutout blouse for an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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Decades later, physicists rebranded this idea as a wormhole, imagining it as a tunnel between distant regions of space.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Jan. 2026
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The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Airhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airhole. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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