Swiss cheese
noun
: a hard cheese characterized by elastic texture, mild nutlike flavor, and large holes that form during ripening
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The proliferation of Israeli settlements, outposts, and bypass roads have left the West Bank a Swiss cheese of Palestinian enclaves.
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Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
On a third-period power play, the Panthers made Swiss cheese of the Hawks’ penalty kill en route to a Carter Verhaeghe back-door goal.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Lots can go wrong, but nothing bad happens unless all the holes line up in successive layers of Swiss cheese.
—Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
The holes are a result of a part of the process of making Swiss cheese.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Kenneth Roth, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
On a third-period power play, the Panthers made Swiss cheese of the Hawks’ penalty kill en route to a Carter Verhaeghe back-door goal.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Lots can go wrong, but nothing bad happens unless all the holes line up in successive layers of Swiss cheese.
—Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
The holes are a result of a part of the process of making Swiss cheese.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Swiss cheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Swiss%20cheese. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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