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Recent Examples of wormhole
Decades later, physicists rebranded this idea as a wormhole, imagining it as a tunnel between distant regions of space.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke — played by Randy Havens –– tries to get his class interested in it.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 31 Dec. 2025
The Upside Down is not a mirror dimension, but actually a wormhole/bridge to a separate dystopian world, The Abyss, which breeds all the Demogorgons and Demodogs.
—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Dec. 2025
The sky is constantly overcast, streaked with red lightning, while the setting is forever frozen in the year 1983, on the day Eleven first opened the wormhole.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wormhole
Noun
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She was referred to a hospital in London for keyhole surgery to fix the hole, but none of the three attempts were successful.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Warsh’s statement is also a keyhole into how his friends and mentors have helped shape his career.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Power and Alexa buttons sit above the pad along with a pinhole microphone for using Alexa.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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After it was repaired in April 2025, remaining pinhole tears caused by embers from the fire meant the reservoir had to be drained again, Collins said.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Accessibility The Royalton Park Avenue is ADA compliant, with an accessible public entrance, emergency exit, elevators, registration and concierge desk, public restroom and dining areas, and pool (with a chair lift).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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The escalators that now block shoppers’ views at the entrance will be placed on the sides of the mall, opening up clear sight lines across the entire property, Stone said.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Other options Korbel had to decide: how many buttons on the suit’s jacket, which kind of buttons, whether to have a Milanese buttonhole on the suit’s lapel, color of the liner, shape and size of pocket flaps, side vent or not.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
11 Apr. 2026
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Plus, it’s easily affixed to baby’s neckline using the adjustable buttonhole closures.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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The baby was a girl and may have sustained puncture wounds, according to preliminary autopsy results cited by ABC 6 and NBC Philadelphia — her cause of death is still pending.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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In crush, puncture, and saw tests, the battery produced no smoke or flames – a safety profile that's hard to ignore.—
Omar Kardoudi
April 28,
New Atlas,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Plugging the metal end of the hose into the inlet engages the vacuum’s motor, turning the machine on; when the hose is unplugged, the system shuts itself off.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2026
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The lake below was green, opaque, and nestled into a hundred little inlets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All of it from the narrow knothole that is our point of view.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
27 Jan. 2022
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In addition to the knothole described above, the company plans to consult a community advisory committee, whose members will sign a nondisclosure agreement.—
Steven Litt,
cleveland,
4 July 2021
Noun
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The city said paving season beings in April when asphalt plants open up for the season, which residents will see more pothole filling and road resurfacing crews as the spring and summer go on.—
Tara Molina,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Chicago has not had a great pothole mayor since.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Wormhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wormhole. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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