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Capone was holed up in Florida at the time but is believed to have sent four assassins to take out Moran and his operatives.
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The program won two Daytime Emmys, as well as a nomination for guest star Ed Asner, who plays a rundown Santa Claus holed up in a New York City cookie bar, drowning his sorrows in a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a frosty mug of milk.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suffering from writer’s block, under pressure, and out of place while holed up in a cheap L.A. hotel, Fink’s world starts to spiral.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump spent the weeks after the Nov. 5 election holed up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida assembling a team to help lead his next administration.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
The program won two Daytime Emmys, as well as a nomination for guest star Ed Asner, who plays a rundown Santa Claus holed up in a New York City cookie bar, drowning his sorrows in a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a frosty mug of milk.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Suffering from writer’s block, under pressure, and out of place while holed up in a cheap L.A. hotel, Fink’s world starts to spiral.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2025
Trump spent the weeks after the Nov. 5 election holed up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida assembling a team to help lead his next administration.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole up
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The ancient springhead, natural waterpark, and retro roadside attraction has more than a few secrets hidden in its eelgrass.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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But all that family turmoil was hidden, and to most who knew him, Dr. Schwartz seemed to have a beautiful life until the evening of May 28, 2014, when Becky Schwartz came home and discovered her home in disarray.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Kirk Cousins lurks as a possible target down the line if the Falcons ever let him out of Atlanta.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Karan’s bent-toed geckos were found lurking at night on rocks and boulders along a trail between villages, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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Over the next 10 weeks, Massachusetts state prosecutors and Read’s defense team presented two very different narratives of how O’Keefe ended up lying dead in a snowbank on the front lawn of Albert's home.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Easter Island, the most remote inhabited island on Earth, lies 3,700 kilometres off the coast of mainland Chile.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Hole up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole%20up. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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