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And one plot point is an extension of an idea from the original: Iris locks herself in a cabin for years to stay alive, an extreme version of Devon Sawa's Alex holing up in a cabin in the first movie.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The pair embark on a playdate at a beachfront promenade before holing up in a foreign hotel to evade an increasingly frantic Lee.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
The departure this week of several Venezuelans who were holed up inside the Argentine embassy in Caracas was touted by the U.S. and Venezuelan opposition as a daring extraction.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 May 2025
The pair embark on a playdate at a beachfront promenade before holing up in a foreign hotel to evade an increasingly frantic Lee.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 May 2025
The departure this week of several Venezuelans who were holed up inside the Argentine embassy in Caracas was touted by the U.S. and Venezuelan opposition as a daring extraction.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
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Ukraine was able to smuggle drones deep into Russia by hiding them in the tops of flatbed trucks, which parked near military bases before the drones lifted off to attack planes on the runway.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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Though Polish presidential candidates often stand as individuals, rather than representatives of a party, there is little hiding their affiliations, and each major party historically endorses and campaigns for a candidate.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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Supermassive black holes lurk all throughout the known universe, but catching one in the act of devouring its cosmic dinner doesn't happen all that often.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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In this regard, another early-20th-century influence besides Bulgakov lurks in The Stolen Heart: Mykola Khvylovy.—
Uilleam Blacker,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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Ice and rock several dozens of yards thick and about a mile long now lie in the valley.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
29 May 2025
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Just above Picard lies the similarly sized Peirce Crater, with the smaller Swift Crater just beyond.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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