: a hole through which one may go especially to gain access to an underground or enclosed structure
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The people closest to the manhole covers where the crews are working are most vulnerable to this.
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Infrastructure gaps, such as missing water lines or inadequate manholes, are other challenges that the group has collaborated with the Unified Government on.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Owner Monica Farlow shared a video of her American bull mix, Delilah, fixated on the manhole.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Infrastructure gaps, such as missing water lines or inadequate manholes, are other challenges that the group has collaborated with the Unified Government on.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025
Owner Monica Farlow shared a video of her American bull mix, Delilah, fixated on the manhole.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Manhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhole. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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manhole
noun
man·hole
ˈman-ˌhōl 
: a covered hole (as in a pavement, tank, or boiler) through which a worker may go
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