as in drilled
to make a hole or series of holes in
holed the target with a round of shots
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Recent Examples of holed
Reed also starred in many other films, pigeon-holed as the innocent housewife.
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Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Wyndham Clark holed a putt on the final hole to take the match and propel his team into the playoffs.
—Keith Stewart, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Seconds after Scheffler holed his 4-foot birdie putt, the horn sounded to stop play because of approaching storms that led to East Lake being evacuated.
—Doug Ferguson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2025
Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Wyndham Clark holed a putt on the final hole to take the match and propel his team into the playoffs.
—Keith Stewart, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Seconds after Scheffler holed his 4-foot birdie putt, the horn sounded to stop play because of approaching storms that led to East Lake being evacuated.
—Doug Ferguson, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holed
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He was drilled by Seahawks cornerback Devon Witherspoon on his second interception as Witherspoon hit Maye’s arm and the ball floated out of his hands and right to Nwosu, who had nothing but open field in front of him.—
Greg Dudek,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Jason Myers drilled his third field goal of the game, giving the Seahawks a 9-0 lead with 11 seconds to go.—
February 9,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Williams introduces us to a woman who is pierced by the clarity of her vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Raha was one of them, killed by a bullet that pierced her lungs.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Abigail Boyd, an opposition Green lawmaker in the state parliament, said she had been punched by officers while attempting to vacate the site.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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But McCalla then got up, pursued Mudd and punched him.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Holed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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