How to Use mole in a Sentence

mole

noun
  • These are: the meter, the kilogram, the ampere, the candela, the mole, the kelvin, and the second.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Lawsuits must be filed the same way, in a losing game of whack-a-mole.
    Hillary Angelo, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
  • The letters represent five things to look for in a mole or spot on the skin.
    Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
  • When the shot went wide, the commentator blamed a rogue mole who had popped up through the grass.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • As a result, men often miss the changing moles that are the hallmark of melanoma.
    Andrea Atkins, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The holes also are too small for gophers, moles and ground squirrels.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Yet this whack-a-mole cost-cutting alone won’t suffice.
    Clint Boulton, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • And, if all of the above weren’t enough to lure you in, then the food and drink scene — famous for its mezcal and moles — certainly will.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2023
  • The menu is full of interesting options from caviar with tater tots to a rack of pork ribs in mole poblano.
    Brianna Griff, Chron, 30 Jan. 2023
  • When looking at a mole, note if one side of it is different from the other side.
    Amy McGorry, Fox News, 5 July 2023
  • The Maya often consumed cacao in the form of a drink, though it was also used in dishes like mole.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • One of the pictures was of an older mole lady, wearing glasses and a lace shawl.
    Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
  • Even doctors can have a hard time telling when moles are cancerous.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The idea is that in the midst of a war between the police and organized crime, each side succeeds in placing a clever mole in the heart of the other camp.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • On Taco Chronicles, AQ makes mole verde sauce for a lobster taco.
    Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
  • But Bober said be alert that ticks can often be mistaken as moles or skin tags.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 July 2023
  • One hundred and ninety-eight gallons of mole sauce will be made for the chicken, every night.
    Matt Richtel David Williams, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • The first signs are often a change to an existing mole or an unusual-looking growth on the skin.
    Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The brains came from species with maximum ages ranging from a tad more than three years (the Chinese mole shrew) to more than 122 years (humans).
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Even more impressive is the mole flight, a trio of sauces accompanied by charred lamb ribs.
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • To make the mole, the kitchen team will seed, toast, crush, and fry a variety of chiles, nuts, and seeds before leaving the mole to age in a process that will take a total of four days.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024
  • That suspect was described by witnesses at the time as having black hair, a mustache, a mole near the side of his top lip, and a deep voice.
    Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • During these same weeks in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Clinton campaign was portraying Trump as a mole for Moscow.
    The Editors, National Review, 20 Oct. 2022
  • His children had pitched in for a elegant buffet of moles and carne asada.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Some even crimped their hair and drew on fake beauty moles, while others wore simple white T-shirts with only the letter M on the back.
    Ben Sisario, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The pollo tacos con housemade mole are a highlight of El Alebrije's menu.
    Marco Torres, Chron, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Stop one power-play threat and a bunch of others pop up, trapping opponents in a futile game of whack-a-mole.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The southern marsupial mole was found to have fluorescent fur, but the species is blind, writes the Guardian.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • When the team found golden mole tracks and burrows and Jessie didn’t lie down, that suggested De Winton’s golden moles might be in the area.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Other notable wildlife species include the Olympic marmot, Olympic snow mole and Olympic torrent salamander, which aren’t found anywhere else in the world.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024

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