hollow (out)

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Verb
  • Crews were seen shoveling it away.
    Kris Habermehl, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Nothing reminded me of that as much as when Kimi and Myka, after doing runway walks in their hairnets and drab white protective garments, shoveled the graves of whey out of a slurry and pitched them into a giant bin.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In January 2021, police found Muirhead's Red Bull can and excavated around it.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
  • View gallery - 4 images In northern Switzerland, a construction team is hard at work excavating a hole in the ground that will end up being over 88 ft (27 m) deep, and spanning the length of two soccer pitches.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
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“Hollow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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