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Recent Examples of borehole
In a new study published in Science this month, an international team of researchers lowered a fiber-optic cable almost one mile down into a borehole in the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS), the largest ice stream in the Greenland ice sheet.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The system will essentially act as a giant loop of pipes and boreholes drilled deep into the bedrock, where temperatures remain relatively constant.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
To lessen the tension, Fichtner rested the cable on the borehole’s slightly inclined side.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025
With the help of friends, Mr. Bello raised money for the construction of a borehole for the neighborhood.
—Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for borehole
Noun
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The excavation was led by faculty from the Free University of Berlin in partnership with the Politecnico di Bari and the Parco Archeologico Valle dei Templi di Agrigento and funded by the German Research Foundation.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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However, this physical challenge and painstaking excavation was worth it.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Bucks can’t afford to cough up the ball in their own trenches.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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This sophisticated trench is crafted to withstand both rain and wind while maintaining a breathable feel.—
Gabrielle Porcaro,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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Smoke fills the screen and, within seconds, a crater emerges.—
Rozina Ali,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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Perseverance, about the size of a car, captured the whirling twisters in January about a month after completing an arduous trek from the bottom of the crater up to its rim.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Guided tours lead visitors along pathways, share the history of the caverns, and highlight its wildlife and unique formations, like the 250-foot-deep bottomless pool.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Hansen offered cave tours to visitors, helped lead exploration in the more than 220-mile network of caverns and helped with biology, cartography and wildlife projects.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 years and 52,000 years ago in the Grotte Mandrin, a cave located in southern France.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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These artifacts, found in a cave considered part of the underworld, may be connected to ideas of creation and fertility.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The water hole was surrounded by palm trees and sand dunes during the late Cretaceous period, but since then, the environment has changed drastically.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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Water Holes Canyon The name Water Holes Canyon is a bit fanciful as there no significant permanent water holes here.—
Tiffany Acosta,
The Arizona Republic,
9 Nov. 2024
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Speaking of sinkholes, the state legislature is considering a proposal to fund urban transit systems with a tax on tickets to sporting events.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2025
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The pipe break in a side yard of a house in the 800 block of Brockton Street was discovered at about 10 a.m. March 17 when city public works staff received a report of a sinkhole about 5 feet deep and 3 feet by 4 feet across.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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West Virginia sits atop the Marcellus Shale basin, which holds 141 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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After each round of full-body exfoliation, a giant basin of warm water was dumped over my body, like I was being baptized.—
Anna Haines,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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