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Anderson also visited Assange regularly when he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London seeking asylum from 2012 to 2019.
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Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
The fact that Beckham had her foot holed up in a medical boot last season did not lead her to tracksuit temptation.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
While multiple law enforcement agencies scanned the country for any sign of them, the couple had been holed up in Motel 41 for a week, eating pizza and plotting their next move.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2024
The newlyweds who were married at the property holed up there, canoodling on the sunset-facing deck that overlooked the bay and eastern shores of Point Reyes.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024
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Emily Maddick, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
The fact that Beckham had her foot holed up in a medical boot last season did not lead her to tracksuit temptation.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2024
While multiple law enforcement agencies scanned the country for any sign of them, the couple had been holed up in Motel 41 for a week, eating pizza and plotting their next move.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2024
The newlyweds who were married at the property holed up there, canoodling on the sunset-facing deck that overlooked the bay and eastern shores of Point Reyes.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 20 Sep. 2024
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And, on September 28, CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge uncovered nearly 1,950 pounds of a drug believed to be methamphetamine hidden in a tractor-trailer.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Then, there was Tommy Heffernan’s Body Buddies, a dark comedy where a wedding photographer and a mobster keep a body hidden in the middle of an engagement shoot.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Then blitz a weakside linebacker who is lurking in the shadows.Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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This is the cosmos’ way of nudging you to confront what’s been lurking underneath the surface.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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One answer lies in a unique facet of human psychology – specifically, in how people manage the fear aroused by existential threats.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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His work lies at the interface of math, statistics, information theory, signal processing and scientific computing.Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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