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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
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The main temple complex, the excavation of which has now finished, is thought to have been built between 144 B.C. and A.D. 138.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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The excavation also points to the importance of using multiple research methods to thoroughly examine a resource-dense area.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
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Lost among the headlines and hand-wringing in media circles, though, is the fact that — to some extent, at least — craters like this pop up after every presidential election.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2024
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The Griffin lander will touch down on Mons Mouton near the western rim of Nobile crater close to the lunar south pole.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Look for blazer-like details like the ones in Aritzia’s The Constant coat, or the sharp lines punctuating Another Tomorrow’s double-faced trench.Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2024
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Now, after Musk confirmed a bitcoin and crypto price game-changer, traders and analysts are speculating whether Musk wading back into the bitcoin trenches of X increases the chances of a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Seven miles into her drive, police said, her car suddenly veered left across the straight two-lane road, smashing into a concrete ditch.Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Good post for a mid- to late-November afternoon: 70 to 100 yards back in timber and along the thickest, nastiest ditch that leads out to crops. 59) Don’t waste precious rut-hunting time.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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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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Business failures, homes being foreclosed because of an unaffordable tax burden, vehicles being damaged by unfilled potholes and higher crime due to police cuts are all potential consequences of having to fix a budget deficit.Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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With the defense having failed to get a gag order on witnesses or see the case tossed out on allegations of government leaks, the road to that trial is looking increasingly to be full of potholes.Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
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The challenge from the Toronto rap juggernaut and crossover king forced his Compton counterpart to restate values and burrow into geographical specificity.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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Every year, Mojave Maxine emerges from her burrow sometime in February, and her sighting heralds warmer weather to come.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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The waves push the algae that grows on the limestone shelf and small invertebrates that the fish eat deeper into the cave — most likely too deep for the little swimmers to access.Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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The results indicated that two of the individuals found in Ranis were closely related to the one in the Czechia cave — within five or six degrees in family relation.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Posthole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/posthole. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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