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Recent Examples of pothole
Who knew there’d be so many backwater swamps, potholes and detours on the road to making America great again.
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Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Unauthorized biography is the more challenging road filled with potholes and road blocks.
—Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Average wait times between reporting a pothole and crews fixing it have tripled from six days to 20 days.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
Many of those nuts-and-bolts ward-level services like trash pickup, tree trimming and pothole repair are now centralized through citywide street grid planning and the 311 service request system.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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Steve Lopez, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Unauthorized biography is the more challenging road filled with potholes and road blocks.
—Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Average wait times between reporting a pothole and crews fixing it have tripled from six days to 20 days.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
Many of those nuts-and-bolts ward-level services like trash pickup, tree trimming and pothole repair are now centralized through citywide street grid planning and the 311 service request system.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pothole
Noun
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The Guadalupe River has had a history of floods, with one of the most prominent incidents occurring in 1987, when five to 10 inches of rain fell in the upper headwaters of the river’s basin.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Trees and Shrubs * Use basins around trunks to direct water to the roots and avoid runoff.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
5 July 2025
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Rapid construction, led by corporate developers, has jeopardized natural floodplains and critical biodiversity zones.—
Time,
Time,
7 July 2025
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The city is situated in a region with flat, fertile land near floodplains and hilly, forested areas close to the Missouri Ozarks. Shannon County, where Hubert was found, is about 2 hours and 45 minutes from Cape Girardeau.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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In a ravine near the home, officers found the bodies of two adults and a teen, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez
July 11,
Sacbee.com,
11 July 2025
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One of its most scenic routes cuts through a dramatic river canyon.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 July 2025
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Unlike that other world-famous attraction, this majestic canyon system inside the Daniel Boone National Forest is just a two-hour drive from Louisville.—
Amanda Hancock,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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Keeping kettles and coffee makers clean ensures a consistently tasty cup every time and helps prevent the formation of oily sludge and mineral deposits.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 July 2025
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Use a tea kettle for easy heating, carrying, and pouring.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 July 2025
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Fuel saddle tanks were leaking, and hazmat personnel were dispatched to pump the fuel off the truck, according to Pazos.—
Brendan Nordstrom,
Baltimore Sun,
10 July 2025
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About nine out of 10 cats with saddle thrombus have heart disease, though most of them do not show outward signs of it before the clot forms.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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While icebergs and rocky shorelines dominate the Antarctic coastline that cruise ships navigate, the heart of the continent is another world, one of shimmering blue ice tunnels and crevasses, jagged mountain peaks, and vast moonscapes.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
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This living history left Kehlmann aware of how moral crevasses, narrow and wide, can form.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
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The beauty, indeed, pulls it into the gulches of noir.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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There may be flooding in small creeks, streams, gulches, roads and in low-lying areas or places with poor drainage.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
26 June 2025
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“Pothole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pothole. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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