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Recent Examples of pothole
The roads outside Nissan Technical Center Europe are a mix of rural and town roads, with potholes, blind corners, some narrow widths, and plenty of obstacles, including, today, me.
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The House and Senate will ultimately have to pass the exact same budget package, and the road to that outcome looks filled with potholes.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Courtenay Brown Mar 6, 2025 - Business Trump stares down early economic potholes
Buy your local economist a drink: The economic backdrop is more chaotic and uncertain than it's been in years — a result of fast-moving and sometimes vague Trump policy.
—Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Investors can anticipate further potential potholes in the market by looking at a few stocks Barclays thinks are no longer attractive.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The House and Senate will ultimately have to pass the exact same budget package, and the road to that outcome looks filled with potholes.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Courtenay Brown Mar 6, 2025 - Business Trump stares down early economic potholes
Buy your local economist a drink: The economic backdrop is more chaotic and uncertain than it's been in years — a result of fast-moving and sometimes vague Trump policy.
—Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
Investors can anticipate further potential potholes in the market by looking at a few stocks Barclays thinks are no longer attractive.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
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That could be a boon for a body of water frequently called an accident, because its current version was created in 1905 when a canal breach allowed millions of gallons of Colorado River water to spill out for almost two years, filling a desert basin.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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State of play: While rain has fallen throughout the region, some gauges by Lake Buchanan notched less than a half-inch in the 72 hours through Thursday afternoon — and less than a quarter-inch in the Lake Travis basin.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The plan called for reducing the size of three existing golf courses and opening wide corridors where the river and creeks would spread out in the floodplains and water would percolate into the ground.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Oct. 2024
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Its natural range is restricted to the Channel Country — a remote region defined by the braided floodplains between Cooper Creek, the Diamantina River and the Georgina River in far southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2025
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Baboons respond with sharp warning cries that echo through the ravine.—
Julia Eskins,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Immigration Canyon is one of those classic, great motorcycle canyons.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Many of the park’s main canyons and stunning rock features were carved by glaciers over millions of years.—
Paul Rogers,
The Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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The first season of Severance was a kettle on a flame, hitting its boiling point around Episode 7, and then just boiling over for the final three episodes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Potentially, for example, manufacturers could create kettles with an inner lining that would prevent microplastic leakage during boiling.—
Marta Zaraska,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pete may be fast in the saddle, but that hardly matters when there’s nowhere to hide.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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It is widely used to maintain high-quality leather products like jackets, boots, and saddles.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Beside Levi’s tower lies a miles-long crevasse, shrouded in fog and studded with mines.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From this elevation west across the deep gulch that existed was one of the toughest pulls of the entire trail.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere, did Wim’s dad seem to find him pretty quickly, considering that that gulch was a long speeder bike ride away from home?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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