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But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.
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New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.
—Natasha Lavender, SELF, 26 July 2019
This part happens fast, but the gist is that the holey boat founders next to a larger ship that’s sinking and spilling oil into the water.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
This weekend is your last chance to shop for holey sweaters ($350) and enamel heart logo pins ($95) at the MET x CDG Pocket Shop, which closes Monday with the Costume Institute exhibition.
—Alison S. Cohn, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
Harry makes it out of the holey boat but lands right in the oil like one of those baby pelicans that has to get washed off with Dawn.
—Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 17 July 2017
Remember when someone turned their fingernails into holey slices of Swiss cheese and the internet was devastated by the grossness?
—Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for holey
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Dry leaves, along with dry grass, dead plants, wood chips, shredded paper, and sawdust are examples of carbon to place in the compost.Lauren David, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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After finding shredded pieces of his campaign signs at the entrance of his neighborhood following consistent theft of his campaign signs, Weich hired an investigator to catch the culprit.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
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The town is planning to overhaul its patchy road network in a bid to ease congestion.Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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The area will also remain dry on Wednesday with patchy mid-level clouds moving through the region.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
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But the main facility’s current dilapidated state is not a safe and rehabilitative environment for any of the more than 1,300 people locked up.Editorial Board, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
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In 1853, Ann Pamela Cunningham, a well-to-do woman from South Carolina who was shocked by accounts of the dilapidated state of the home, founded the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union to save it, according to the website.Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Davis was more or less rocking his signature look — a red Adidas tracksuit, hair in mangy dreads.Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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The father, in a black frock coat, cracked his whip at a mangy and irritated lion who eventually agreed to jump through a hoop.Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024
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In an ideal world, electrification would enable the rich world to scrap its most decrepit gas cars.David Zipper, Vox, 3 Sep. 2024
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In the film’s first shot, a monumental moon presides over a decrepit castle and a cobblestoned, cross-laden town.Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
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After several months of traipsing through dingy slush and teetering precariously across unshoveled Denver sidewalks, my thermal Blundstone Chelsea boots look wrecked.Beth Rankin, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Appearing in the opening scene in a dingy bar holding photographs of the young and old Fukase, the creature silently asserts himself as a central player in the story that’s about to unfold.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Holey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/holey. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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