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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hole-and-corner
Adjective
  • The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying its clandestine satellites to orbit.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • That looks set to continue with a new play from the veteran dramatist Howard Brenton set in 1942 and telling of a clandestine meeting at the Kremlin between Churchill and Stalin.
    Matt Wolf, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Between the five culinary offerings, including an underground fondue cave called La Fromagerie, two bars, clay tennis courts, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, a nearly 6,000 square-foot indoor and outdoor spa, there is really no reason to leave the property.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Headlining Rolling Loud California 2025 By Matthew Strauss As a member of New York’s underground hip-hop scene, Wolfacejoeyy has brought pride to the Staten Island scene with projects like 22Joeyy and Valentino.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For many Black southerners, the end of Jim Crow marked the beginning of covert discrimination—systems that, on their surface, signaled progress but kept discriminatory power dynamics in place.
    Essence, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Read: What Europe fears The Eagle S, however, apparently had a covert military purpose as well: Investigators discovered that the vessel was crammed full of advanced surveillance equipment, which used so much power that the ship suffered from periodic blackouts.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Reacher dives deep into an undercover ring by securing a job inside the operation though the stakes are high as he’s seen ducking from gunfire, explosions and no shortage of bad guys.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
  • During the prosecution’s case, jurors saw floods of emails, undercover videos and wiretapped phone calls in which McClain and ComEd executives discuss hiring Madigan associates, including precinct captains Edward Moody and Ray Nice, former 13th Ward Ald.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • These fleeting possible exceptions aside, Underwood has kept her views on politics and virtually all hot-button issues private.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
  • However, as the leading crypto gains in notoriety, more entities, such as public or private companies, are emerging as identifiable holders.
    Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Hole-and-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hole-and-corner. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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