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Recent Examples of posthole
In 2013, his team uncovered thousands more ancient postholes, some from 11 circular structures cut into the bedrock.
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
Upgrading Your Fence Game To install the screen, mark the post centers on the ground, and use a posthole digger or shovel to dig holes at least 30 in.
—Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021
Setting the Posts Use a posthole digger to dig the holes.
—Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
Magazine reviewers were generally favorable to the first Bronco, but there’s a reason the truck became a rural workhorse with an accessories catalog full of snowplows and posthole diggers.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 12 July 2020
Nearby, the remains of postholes mark the ghostly outlines of two longhouses.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Dec. 2019
For more than an hour, the three humans dig postholes in the hard dirt, put up a fence and prepare the goats’ meal.
—Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
Upgrading Your Fence Game To install the screen, mark the post centers on the ground, and use a posthole digger or shovel to dig holes at least 30 in.
—Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021
Setting the Posts Use a posthole digger to dig the holes.
—Merle Henkenius, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2020
Magazine reviewers were generally favorable to the first Bronco, but there’s a reason the truck became a rural workhorse with an accessories catalog full of snowplows and posthole diggers.
—Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 12 July 2020
Nearby, the remains of postholes mark the ghostly outlines of two longhouses.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Dec. 2019
For more than an hour, the three humans dig postholes in the hard dirt, put up a fence and prepare the goats’ meal.
—Rachel Manteuffel, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for posthole
Noun
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The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried under ash and volcanic glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and, since the 1700s, archaeologists have been unearthing the city that’s been frozen in time in a large, ongoing excavation.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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During their three-year excavation on the western bank of the Nile River, archaeologists also found burial shafts and pits that held wooden coffins dating back to between 1580 and 1550 B.C.E., reports the Associated Press.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
16 Jan. 2025
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The crater, about 32 feet wide and 16 feet deep, appeared about 10 a.m. local time (8 p.m. ET Monday), Motohiro Ono, governor of the Saitama prefecture, said at a media briefing Tuesday.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The mission's rover will look inside the icy crater for water ice and other volatiles – chemical elements that can vaporize into a gas – at the lunar south pole.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Taylor-Joy layered a brown leather trench over a black turtleneck, accessorizing with gold Elsa Peretti drop earrings by Tiffany & Co., as well as a pair of Dior sunglasses.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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Players of the third-person shooter can now apply the Julius Caesar-solution to any problem in warfare by digging a trench.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Deputy Hunter Perkins and his girlfriend were found in his truck, which fell in a ditch around 10 p.m. Monday after slamming into an unmarked FHP SUV near Kissimmee, according to an incident report.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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Toss him in a ditch, and watch this coin turn into nutritious mulch—a win-win.—
Nate Odenkirk,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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The slow movement of Earth’s mantle would eventually cause a borehole to bend and collapse.—
Andrew Gase,
Discover Magazine,
30 Nov. 2024
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The bad news is that drilling to such depths – sometimes beyond the world-record 12 km (7.5 mile) depth of the Kola borehole – is currently beyond the cutting edge of engineering, although there are some very promising projects that could solve this issue in relatively short order.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2024
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Otherwise, what appeared to be a great opportunity and a perfect fit, could wind up being a career pothole in disguise. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Scarce water reduces them to extracting moisture from potholes via syringes.—
Pat Tompkins,
AFAR Media,
13 Jan. 2025
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Their main burrow entrance is 10 to 12-inch diameter hole with burrow systems that are 30 feet in length.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
18 Dec. 2024
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The commission rejected a similar bid for protections roughly 20 years ago, and since then the situation has become more dire for the bird — the only owl species to nest and roost in underground burrows.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Oct. 2024
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The film’s synopsis reads: Harris embarks on a perilous new cave diving expedition that will push the limits of adventure and force him to confront his deepest fears.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2025
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This 250-foot-wide cave was once a massive rock, but wind eroded the sandstone over many years, yielding this striking natural wonder.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Posthole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthole. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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