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Recent Examples of holey
For example, receive a new pair of socks, finally throw away that extra holey pair hiding in the back of the drawer.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2026
That’s thanks to a quirk of South Florida’s geology, where the entire region is perched on holey rock that does little to stop the rise of groundwater, which Sukop’s research has shown is rising on pace with sea level.
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Susan Merriam,
Miami Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2026
That’s thanks to a quirk of South Florida’s geology, where the entire region is perched on holey rock that does little to stop the rise of groundwater, which Sukop’s research has shown is rising on pace with sea level.
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Susan Merriam,
Miami Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holey
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Ground beef and veggies are topped with mashed potatoes and shredded cheese before going in the oven.
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In this dish, the traditional South American flatbread is typically filled with cheese, black beans, sweet plantain and shredded beef.
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England, which has been patchy so far, poses the sternest test yet for the co-hosts.
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Dragging or wiping the sponge across your skin will lift foundation and create patchy spots.
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Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday.
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The parents and grandparents of 16 children found living in a dilapidated house in southern Ohio were arraigned Wednesday on more than a dozen felony child endangerment charges, officials said.
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Too mangy, too rangy, prowling in their bony elegance, leaping weightless from dangerously precarious mounds of sharp edges, peering yellow- eyed from shadows.
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To write, especially in a first draft, is to submit myself to the mangy, cackling glory of not knowing.
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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
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Now Trump wanted Hildebrand and two dozen other energy executives to commit to investing $100 billion in Venezuela’s decrepit oil industry.
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Keep It Clean An unkempt shower curtain can make your bathroom appear dingy.
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But even the most stylish setup can be dulled by dingy concrete.
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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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