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Recent Examples of borehole
Deep boreholes like this one can tell scientists a lot about Earth’s interior.
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Andrew Gase, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
Case’s drilling concept generates the force needed for the tip from the peristaltic segments within the borehole.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Gase, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2024
Case’s drilling concept generates the force needed for the tip from the peristaltic segments within the borehole.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Next, the team scanned the borehole with gamma rays.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
During my trip, Moore’s corps of consultants and roughnecks were drilling the fifth borehole of their experimental project.
—Brent Crane, The New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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The excavation near Willersey was done as a joint effort with Historic England.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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These complications added complexity and price costs, to excavation and foundation work—especially since strict D.C. building regulations cap building heights—forcing deeper builds underground.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Each meter of that cable—on rooftops, in trenches, across mounting rails—is a potential ignition point if not properly protected, installed and maintained.—
Joern Hackbarth,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Likely following orders from the Roman army, the troops would often leave the fort for distant regions and in their haste, ditch shoes, clothing and other belongings in the surrounding trenches, Frame explained.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Instead, the Giants have spent most of those six weeks sitting in an impact crater.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2025
Noun
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More suddenly, these two fall down into a literal and metaphoric well of trouble, a hidden entrance to an underground cavern laden with secrets as well as a pool of clear water that looks safe enough to drink.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Upstream from Metropolis are other historic landmarks like the Kincaid Mounds Archeological Site and Cave-in-Rock, a large cavern that once sheltered the notorious Samuel Mason and his pioneer-era river pirates.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Kelce's close pal Ross Travis and Swift's good friend and fellow music star Este Haim are tagged in another photo, which appears to have been taken in a cave.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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The concept represents China’s cultural history combined with the Spirit of Ecstasy and the fluid nature of imperial silk. Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Stepping outside of the caves, the Phantom Extended’s Ningye Purple paintwork is inspired by the skies above the Great Wall of China.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The most popular months for the park’s one million annual visitors, this is also the season when wildlife is most active; animals like alligators, deer, and wading birds congregate around lingering water holes.—
Matt Kirouac,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Jan. 2023
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The water hole was surrounded by palm trees and sand dunes during the late Cretaceous period, but since then, the environment has changed drastically.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Despite days and nights of searching the surrounding forest and shallow pools — all while avoiding dangerous hidden sinkholes — the frogs were found nowhere else except the stream at the base of the waterfall, researchers said.—
Lauren Liebhaber
Updated July 21,
Miami Herald,
21 July 2025
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The unique geology of Mexico's Yucatán has left the jungles surrounding Tulum studded with cenotes, sinkholes filled with spectacularly still, crystalline waters.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
Noun
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SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying the Draper Lunar Lander headed for the moon’s Schrödinger basin on the lunar far side.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 July 2025
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The sink basin is mounted over top the extended toilet, folding flush into the wall for toilet access.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 July 2025
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“Borehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borehole. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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