pothole

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Recent Examples of pothole But a gaping pothole the less deft of these films court — the imposition of condescending judgment and an invite to mock — is also sidestepped. David Katz, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025 Except for that time the axle broke on my car from a pothole or that one bridge collapse, our roads are perfect! Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025 Otherwise, what appeared to be a great opportunity and a perfect fit, could wind up being a career pothole in disguise. Edward Segal, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 His bag of tricks is deeper than a Michigan pothole. Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pothole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
  • West Virginia sits atop the Marcellus Shale basin, which holds 141 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • After each round of full-body exfoliation, a giant basin of warm water was dumped over my body, like I was being baptized.
    Anna Haines, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Roughly 230 million years ago, a group of alligator-sized amphibians convened on a floodplain in what is now west-central Wyoming.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Modeling shows that up to 20,000 homes in Brisbane, a city largely built on a river floodplain, could experience some level of flooding.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and cover your head, or leave your vehicle and seek refuge in a low-lying area like a ditch or ravine.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Four people were killed and another was severely injured on Thursday when their cable car crashed into a ravine in Italy.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As was common all over the Florida Gulf Coast, the road nearby was lined with a canyon of refrigerators and cabinets and other household items ruined by the flood waters and left out by the curb for the city to haul away.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In January, thousands of portraits still at Adelaide were breathtakingly close to the Palisades Fire, which burned nearly all the homes on the other side of the canyon.
    Michael Slenske, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Not surprisingly, the internet is rich with electric kettle cleaning tips.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Eventually, the equipment — 12 tanks, two copper brewhouse kettles and a cooling machine — had to be brought up to the top floor by crane.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Addressed an issue where all horse saddles were uncommon.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Junior and senior queens also received custom saddles.
    Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Practice showing trust and gratitude to the universe and allow these good vibrations to resonate deep into the crevasses of your spirit.
    Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Don’t ignore tiny holes and crevasses, because rodents are great at wriggling their way through minute openings.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The gulch is in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Press releases from the attorneys general emphasize the gulch between the leaders, a microcosm of their significantly different approaches to running the agency.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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