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Recent Examples of pothole
The first obstacle is a massive 8-ft (2.5-m) pothole filled with water.
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New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
And then now imagine the pothole gets a little bit bigger and a little bit deeper and the road's a little bit more cracked up.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure NDOT has six pothole repair crews out identifying and repairing potholes on primary and secondary routes and assessments will continue on neighborhood streets.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
The pothole Brenda had seen was on its way to becoming a crevasse.
—Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2025
And then now imagine the pothole gets a little bit bigger and a little bit deeper and the road's a little bit more cracked up.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
The Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure NDOT has six pothole repair crews out identifying and repairing potholes on primary and secondary routes and assessments will continue on neighborhood streets.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
The pothole Brenda had seen was on its way to becoming a crevasse.
—Gary Greenberg, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
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The leaders also highlighted ongoing concerns about drought in the Colorado River basin and housing.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
16 Jan. 2025
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Dominating the bottom left is the massive Caloris basin, spanning 1,500 km, surrounded by radiating troughs from its ancient impact.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Millions of people live in at-risk mountainous areas or near fertile floodplains.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Growing populations mean even more people are at risk Sources: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) Over recent decades, most coastal and floodplain areas in the Mediterranean region have also become densely urbanized, leaving little space for waterways.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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California’s largest fire in 2024 started when a man pushed a burning car into a ravine near Chico.—
Virginia Iglesias,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Hirschfield raped Gonsalves and dumped both of the teenagers’ bodies in a ravine about 30 miles east of Davis in Sacramento County, where they were found by police three days later.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Dec. 2024
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Tucked into a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains, Telluride, Colorado, is best known for its epic skiing and annual film festival.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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But with gusts clocked at 59 mph, the fire quickly started pushing a shower of sparks across the canyon.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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These include a video documenting the Loewe Foundation’s support for the Ōnishi family, who have been crafting ceremonial tea kettles in Kyoto for more than 400 years, alongside works by several Loewe Craft Prize finalists.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
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Distillation utilizes pot still, batch kettle, and continuous column stills.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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For example, Houston artist Mel Chin fabricated a saddle out of barbed wire to represent the colonization and enslavement of native people.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
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Each horse has a custom-fit saddle, scrapping the historic model used for 75 years.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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Glacier crevasses are ever more prevalent as the ice shrinks and shifts.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Jan. 2025
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The pothole Brenda had seen was on its way to becoming a crevasse.—
Gary Greenberg,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Oct. 2024
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In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
6 Dec. 2024
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The skies are the star attraction at Clear Sky Resorts Bryce Canyon, a new property set in a quiet gulch just 16 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park.—
Alison Osius,
Outside Online,
1 Nov. 2024
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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