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Recent Examples of hole up
Trump spent the weeks after the Nov. 5 election holed up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida assembling a team to help lead his next administration.
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CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
Blending work and life These days, much of Hughes’ time is spent holed up in a 600-square-foot outbuilding in her backyard that serves as her research and development space.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Gone are the days when Salinger could hole up in his New Hampshire sanctuary or Pynchon could maintain his sphinx-like silence.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
More than a thousand anti-corruption investigators and police officers could be deployed in the operation to apprehend Yoon, who has been holed up in the residence for weeks.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
Blending work and life These days, much of Hughes’ time is spent holed up in a 600-square-foot outbuilding in her backyard that serves as her research and development space.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Gone are the days when Salinger could hole up in his New Hampshire sanctuary or Pynchon could maintain his sphinx-like silence.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
More than a thousand anti-corruption investigators and police officers could be deployed in the operation to apprehend Yoon, who has been holed up in the residence for weeks.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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Imani Randolph, a model and creator, recalls her mom’s upbringing in the Bronx where effort wasn’t hidden, it was celebrated.—
Daisy Maldonado,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2025
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The good news is that new data solutions are emerging to help businesses finally unlock the potential hidden within their data.—
Lalit Patil,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Who knows what evil lurks in the inner computational and mathematical structures of generative AI and LLMs?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Berlin is a city in a nearly hysterical hunt for secret Nazis believed to be lurking in the shadows.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Partly that's because any such black hole should lie at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, but its center is not well-defined.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2025
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The key to success lies in solving data ingestion and client interaction challenges without compromising trust or user experience.—
Peter Potapov,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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