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Recent Examples of water hole
Water Holes Canyon The name Water Holes Canyon is a bit fanciful as there no significant permanent water holes here.
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Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
Hang Trail Cameras Over Scrapes Short of a corn pile or isolated water hole, the best way to take inventory of the deer in your area is by hanging cameras over large community scrapes.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
There are five water holes operated by mechanical pumps.
—Mazuba Kapambwe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
Grasses were green, water holes full, and creeks were flowing in several drainages throughout the Karoo.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
When the females had cubs, in contrast, males were more likely to encounter potential rivals on the edges of their territory or around water holes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
The Maya viewed such subterranean features and water holes—like the nearby Sacred Cenote—as connections to the underworld.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
In an interview, Ms. Andrade Ramírez said that after close examination of a 50-foot-deep water hole in La Bocana beach, near the town of Santo Tomás, Mexican authorities found three male bodies early on Friday.
—Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Only instead of taking place in a suburban convention center, it's held in a delightfully classic, very remote tented camp in an acacia grove overlooking a water hole with a resident hippo.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2024
Hang Trail Cameras Over Scrapes Short of a corn pile or isolated water hole, the best way to take inventory of the deer in your area is by hanging cameras over large community scrapes.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
There are five water holes operated by mechanical pumps.
—Mazuba Kapambwe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
Grasses were green, water holes full, and creeks were flowing in several drainages throughout the Karoo.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
When the females had cubs, in contrast, males were more likely to encounter potential rivals on the edges of their territory or around water holes.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 July 2024
The Maya viewed such subterranean features and water holes—like the nearby Sacred Cenote—as connections to the underworld.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
In an interview, Ms. Andrade Ramírez said that after close examination of a 50-foot-deep water hole in La Bocana beach, near the town of Santo Tomás, Mexican authorities found three male bodies early on Friday.
—Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Only instead of taking place in a suburban convention center, it's held in a delightfully classic, very remote tented camp in an acacia grove overlooking a water hole with a resident hippo.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for water hole
Noun
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Marsh reported the carcasses to the Whiting Parks Department, who then found about 40 birds in the lake’s ice shelf.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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Another eruption in August of 1992 heated a small lake in the mountain's crater to the boiling point.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Authorities have confirmed that the remains found in a submerged car in a Utah reservoir belong to a man who disappeared more than 20 years ago.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Though his team has developed theories about what could've happened in Anderson's final moments as part of the search process, Bishop declined to speculate about the sequence of events that led to his car ending up in the reservoir.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And suddenly, the new dad had a new job — clear on the other side of the pond.—
Braidon Nourse,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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The Traitors, both of which have been huge hits on either side of the pond.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Docents will lead a 1 1/2-hour hike on the trail and discuss creatures that fly around the lagoon.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Additionally, over 500 tidewater gobies were saved from a lagoon at the base of the creek in a separate effort.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Water hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/water%20hole. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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