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Recent Examples of hole up
The industry struggled to find the language to convey to fans that, like the Beatles, the two studio explorers were holed up improvising new recording techniques and increasingly disinterested in being performing entities.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
In a week or two, the tracker snake will hopefully be holed up with another large female.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The locale he’s holed up in isn’t horrible, either.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 June 2025
In the early ‘80s, the King of New Jersey holed up in a small house in the Hollywood Hills.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 June 2025
In a week or two, the tracker snake will hopefully be holed up with another large female.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The locale he’s holed up in isn’t horrible, either.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 June 2025
In the early ‘80s, the King of New Jersey holed up in a small house in the Hollywood Hills.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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More recently, Geran variants painted black with special material to hide from radar fly higher and with tortuous routes to evade Ukrainian defense teams.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Old tires and tarps give all sorts of pests a place to hide.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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This potential baby planet lurks at the base of one of the disk's spiral arms.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 July 2025
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The threat of zebra mussels has always lurked over Colorado’s borders.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
20 July 2025
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But the competition garnering the most outside attention lies at the quarterback position, where Penn State transfer Beau Pribula and redshirt junior Sam Horn appear to be the leading contenders for the starting job.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
28 July 2025
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The importance of the 141 million files, however, lies not in the overall number but in the data that is contained within.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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