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Recent Examples of pothole
The cost of salting roads in the winter and fixing potholes is more expensive when there is inflation.
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Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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
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
The overall cost of pothole to the U.K. economy, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is $18 billion.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Michael D. Belsky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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
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
The overall cost of pothole to the U.K. economy, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is $18 billion.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
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Meanwhile, negotiations among the seven basin states will continue as the 2025 deadline for new water-sharing rules looms.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Advocates hope the findings from many listening sessions will encourage the bill's passage, and ultimately help guide future investments in the basin.Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2024
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But the data is based on extremely outdated floodplain maps that have not taken the most recent climate science on record rainfall into account.Molly Taft, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
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While many homeowners are aware of the risks associated with living in floodplains or wildfire-prone areas, fewer understand how climate change might amplify these threats in ways that make traditional assumptions about risk obsolete.Monica Sanders, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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This week's episode, which aired on TV Wednesday and was available to Paramount+ subscribers Thursday morning, saw competitors cross an arctic lake in kayaks and hold their bodyweight to cross a ravine in a zipline-style challenge.Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024
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From there, a bridge spans a short ravine into one of the lushest and most wooded portions of the trail.Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Valles Marineris, located along Mars' equator, is the largest canyon in the Solar System.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Brave the canyon walls of Ribeira dos Caldeirões, rappelling through waterfalls into hidden pools, or skip through into the clear waters off Vila Franca do Campo, where whales and dolphins skim beside your boat.Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
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The outlet also reported that the NFL has gone back-and-forth with fines related to the red kettle jump, sometimes issuing a fine and sometimes not.Sean Neumann, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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There was no shower, so my mother would pour hot kettles of water into a small zinc basin on the floor of the kitchen.Wal van Lierop, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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If long days in the saddle are on your schedule, adding a small wind screen to the Breakout will lessen the sail effect of your torso in the open air, but even an hour on the highway is comfortable sans bug screen.William Roberson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Butterscotch, blackguard, three brass saddles, single coils and a plank of a body with basically zero regard given to ergonomics.New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
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It is known for both its scenic beauty and technically difficult terrain that boasts crevasses, avalanche risk, changeable weather and glacier movement.Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Geologists attribute the river’s mysterious delay to the water passing through exceedingly small crevasses in the rock that slow its flow.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 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 31 Dec. 2024.
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