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• He and his wife could be holed up for months, or years.
  — Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2022
• As deputies cleared residents from nearby homes, smoke was seen coming out of the apartment where the suspect was believed to be holed up, deputies said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2023
• If not for a pandemic, Mullen and his team would be holed up at a local hotel to avoid outside distractions.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• For the next few years, every as yet unapprehended criminal was assumed to be holed up with the Bank of Alaska robber.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
• As restaurants close their doors to dine-in customers and millions of Americans stay holed up at home, food delivery workers are more crucial than ever.
  — Taylor Mooney, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2020
• Iraqi forces routinely carry out anti-IS operations in the rugged mountainous northern region and the deserts of western Iraq where they are known to be holed up.
  — Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Ukrainian officials deny the city has fallen, but its last defenders appeared to be holed up and dwindling in numbers amid a desperate fight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2022
• Hotels were already seeing a massive loss of business given the shrinking of the convention; it was learned that a third of those who were still attending would be holed up in Marquette University residence halls.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2019
• Turkey and Britain — and most of their troops will be holed up in fortified embassy compounds or securing Kabul International Airport, that last major gateway out of the country.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 2 July 2021

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024